Overview
- In closing submissions to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde accepted it is more likely than not that some paediatric haemato‑oncology bloodstream infections from 2016–2018 were connected to the state of the hospital water system.
- The inquiry is set to begin final oral hearings on Tuesday, with the board’s new position now formally recorded.
- Scottish Conservatives called for an urgent Holyrood statement from Health Secretary Neil Gray to explain what ministers knew and to reassure patients.
- The health board says infection rates fell after remedial work on the water system began in 2018, while a separate corporate homicide investigation into several deaths continues.
- Families of affected patients, including relatives of 10‑year‑old Milly Main, welcomed the admission as opposition leaders pressed for accountability measures such as a proposed Milly’s Law.