What is the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry?
The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry was set up in August 2020 due to public concern over issues arising about the built environment of two hospitals and its potential impact on patients and others.
The Inquiry is concerned with the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department of Clinical Neurosciences (RHCYP/DCN) in Edinburgh but is also looking at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus in Glasgow.
One area of interest to the Inquiry concerning the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department of Clinical Neurosciences is whether the delayed opening of the new buildings impacted patient safety and care as the existing hospitals were used for longer than planned.
The role of the Inquiry is to investigate what happened and make recommendations to ensure the issues that gave rise to the public concern do not happen again.
Having heard from patients and families at the end of 2021, the focus for May 2022 hearings are the issues around two main themes: the theory and practice of ventilation in hospitals; and the background to the project for the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People/Department of Clinical Neurosciences.
Further hearings covering other issues on the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference in relation to the RHCYP/DCN will be held at a later time.
To keep updated and find out more information about the Inquiry and our hearings’ schedule, visit our website: www.hospitalsinquiry.scot
If you have any questions, or wish to subscribe to our mailing list, please email us at public@hospitalsinqiury.scot or call on 0808 196 5000.
