Watch the Inquiry
Watch the Procedural Hearing at 10:00 on 22 June 2021 on our YouTube channel.
You will also be able to follow or catch up on oral hearings on the channel when hearings start in September.
Remit of the Inquiry
The overarching aim of this Inquiry is to consider the planning, design, construction, commissioning and, where appropriate, maintenance of both the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus (QEUH), Glasgow and the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department of Clinical Neurosciences (RHCYP/DCN), Edinburgh.
The Inquiry will determine how issues relating to adequacy of ventilation, water contamination and other matters adversely impacting on patient safety and care occurred; if these issues could have been prevented; the impacts of these issues on patients and their families; and whether the buildings provide a suitable environment for the delivery of safe, effective person-centred care.
The Inquiry will make recommendations to ensure that any past mistakes are not repeated in future NHS infrastructure projects. The Inquiry will do this by fulfilling its Terms of Reference.
What is the latest news from the Inquiry?
Has the delayed opening of the RHCYP and DCN impacted on patient treatment?
Parents and families of patients whose care and treatment may have been impacted by the delayed opening of the children's hospital in Edinburgh
Newsletter - Spring 2021
The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry Spring 2021 Newsletter.
What is the timetable for the inquiry?
When the Inquiry moves to oral hearings the timetable for the current week will be published here
You can find out the different stages of the Inquiry in the About section
The first oral hearings are scheduled to start in September 2021.
Inquiry Documents
A wide range of documents will be made available through the website.
These may include copies of evidence, transcripts of the oral hearings and reports commissioned by the Inquiry.