The new Sick Kids hospital in Edinburgh still had thousands of snagging problems after a health board accepted it as ready, the BBC has revealed.
The facility will not be fully operational until next autumn after saftety concerns stopped it opening in July.
Daniel said:
“With thousands of outstanding issues months after the NHS had accepted handover of the new Sick Kids hospital, it is clear that this project had critical failings.
“The key question is why it took the government until the 11th hour to step in when it is now clear there were multiple warning signs that the new building was not up to standard.
“The sheer volume of problems, additional payments to the contractor and issues found at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital [in Glasgow] should have prompted a root and branch review of the delivery of this much needed hospital months earlier.”
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