Glasgow health board comms chief denies infection ‘cover up’

Child cancer wards were closed in 2018 following a number of infection outbreaks, with patients moved to the adult hospital so the water and ventilation system could be upgraded.

Families have been critical of the health board for what they say has been a lack of transparency and honesty about the seriousness of problems at the hospital, which opened in 2015.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) spent £8.9m on ventilation system improvements at the £840m hospital following Ms Main’s death.

Communications director Ms Bustillo said staff had been “open and transparent” in how they communicated with families and the media when dealing with a series infection incidents recorded at the hospital.

She told the inquiry the process of agreeing statements could be a lengthy one involving clinicians, senior staff and often the Scottish Government.