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Meeting notes highlight ‘political pressure’ to open hospital – Anas Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader raised the issue a week after First Minister John Swinney said no pressure was applied by the Scottish Government.

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MSPs call on Scottish Government to publish communications connected to hospital

The vote took place on Wednesday at the Scottish Parliament.

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Urging hospitals inquiry to look at political decisions would breach law – Gray

Labour’s Anas Sarwar tabled a motion in Holyrood in an attempt to have inquiry chairman Lord Brodie consider the actions of the Scottish Government.

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Labour to stage Holyrood vote urging disclosure of hospital communications

The party is lodging a motion calling on SNP ministers to publish and preserve all records connected to the handling of infection at the facility.

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‘We are not going away’: Sarwar calls for hospital inquiry to be reopened

The Scottish Labour leader is calling for Nicola Sturgeon, John Swinney and Shona Robison to be questioned.

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100 days to save NHS says Labour as parties set out Holyrood election stalls

Voters in Scotland will go to the polls on May 7 – 100 days from Tuesday.

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Sarwar urges hospitals inquiry to call Swinney and Sturgeon to give evidence

The inquiry ended its evidence sessions last week.

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Cultural problems at health board of infection scandal hospital – John Swinney

The First Minister said the situation at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital was ‘completely unacceptable’.

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Suggestion I applied pressure to prematurely open hospital ‘untrue’ – Sturgeon

Milly Main’s mother Kimberly Darroch had urged the former first minister to ‘be honest’.

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Could Keir Starmer survive an Andy Burnham leadership challenge?

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Scandal-hit Glasgow hospital must publish latest patient safety reviews, says Sarwar

Scottish Labour leader calls for transparency after ‘worst scandal in the history of the Scottish parliament’

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Nicola Sturgeon urged to ‘be honest’ about opening of infections row hospital

The call came from Kimberly Darroch, whose daughter Milly Main died after contracting an infection at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

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‘Molly never got to hear it’: fury as denials finally end on Glasgow hospital infections

Families accuse health board of ‘deceit and cowardice’ after years-long battle to prove contaminated water was linked

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No Government pressure applied to open flagship hospital on time, says Swinney

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has said it had come under pressure to open the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, but it was ‘not ready’.

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‘Huge amount of documentation’ given to hospitals inquiry, says John Swinney

The Scottish Government has faced calls to release documentation relating to the opening of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

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Release all documents on opening of QEUH, First Minister urged

The health board said this week ‘pressure’ had been applied to open the flagship Glasgow facility.

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Scottish health board admits hospital water system linked to fatal infections

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde makes last-minute U-turn in submission to hospitals inquiry

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Holyrood poll is about who governs Scotland, not my performance – Keir Starmer

The Prime Minister refused to say if his job could be on the line if Labour performs poorly in May.

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John Swinney under fire over ‘smallest tax cut in history’ after Scottish Budget

The First Minister was challenged at Holyrood over income tax proposals in this week’s Scottish Government Budget.

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SNP faces last-minute pleas ahead of final Budget before election

The Finance Secretary faces calls from parties, charities and business leaders ahead of Tuesday’s Budget.

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Labour ‘not in strong negotiating position’ over Budget, says Sarwar

Scottish Labour MSPs are expected to abstain on the Budget, effectively allowing it to pass.

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Labour will not block the Scottish Government’s Holyrood budget, says Sarwar

Finance Secretary Shona Robison will lay out her tax and spending plans on Tuesday.

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Scottish Labour leader says Swinney is a ‘bluffer who will be found out like Tisdale and Thelwell’

The Scottish Labour leaders compared the First Minister to the unpopular Celtic and Rangers figures during a Glasgow visit.

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Swinney is a bluffer who will be ‘found out’ like Tisdale and Thelwell – Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leaders compared the First Minister to the unpopular Celtic and Rangers figures during a Glasgow visit.

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Party leaders make election pitches ahead of crucial Holyrood contest in May

The leaders of the SNP, Scottish Labour and the Scottish Conservatives all made keynote speeches ahead of this year’s Holyrood ballot.

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