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New hospital to remain shut amid safety concerns
Labour calls for probe as Unison blames SNP government
SCOTTISH Labour is demanding a public inquiry after revelations that a new £150 million children’s hospital in Edinburgh cannot be opened because it is unsafe.
Taxpayers are also forking out £1.4 million a month in service charges to the private consortium Integrated Health Solutions Lothian (IHSL), which built the 200-bed Edinburgh Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, despite it standing idle.
Labour and public service union Unison say Scotland’s Health Secretary Jeane Freeman should resign over the debacle.
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