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The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry has published an Interim Report in relation to the construction and opening of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Edinburgh.

Contents include: 

• Background of the events leading to the need for a new hospital
• Impact on patients and families
• Details of the ventilation issues within the hospital
• Adequacy of design and preparation
• NHS Lothian governance processes
• Culture within NHS Lothian
• Recent developments
• 11 recommendations

These interim findings follow the conclusion of hearings in relation to the Edinburgh hospital. View the report here.

Lord Brodie has also released a video update to launch the publication of the Interim Report, in which he outlines the background leading to the need for an investigation into this hospital, and details some of his recommendations. See video.

The work of the Inquiry continues with its investigations into the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow.