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Anne Harkness, Director, South Sector, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, said:  “We’re absolutely committed to making changes to our services to ensure patients are seen as quickly as possible. This temporary MIU facility is just one of the ways we’re helping reduce pressure on our Emergency Department. Winter is the busiest time of the year for our services, and it’s really important we have the facilities in place to help manage the flow of patients with minor injuries. As part of this initiative, all of the appropriate planning has taken place to ensure minimal disruption to ongoing services at the hospital throughout the installation and operation of the MIU.” 
 

In the Scottish Parliament, Mr Sarwar said that he had seen figures which suggest there were 50 cases of infections at the Royal Children’s Hospital – part of the £842m QEUH campus – between 2015 and 2018, and a further 15 unconfirmed cases so far this year. The mother of 10-year-old Milly Main has previously said she was “100%” certain contaminated water caused her daughter’s fatal infection after treatment for leukaemia in August 2017. NHSGGC insisted it was impossible to determine the source of Milly’s infection, and those of other children, because there was no requirement to test the water supply at the time.

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Call on the UK to immediately withdraw from the Chagos Islands
Build a cross-party coalition to scrap Trident as quickly and as safely as possible
Call on the UK government to carry out a new defence review
Fight for the delivery of all contracts for Royal Navy fleet solid support ships to be restricted to UK shipyards
Press the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to use vacant MoD homes to house homeless ex-service personnel