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SERIOUS concerns about the safety and quality of care at a major hospital that have been discussed at the highest levels of the health service are being kept under wraps.
NHS Scotland is refusing to publish findings from a probe that was launched at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after a senior clinician highlighted a number of worrying problems to Health Secretary Alex Neil. Minutes of a meeting, which have been released, show the issues raised by the consultant "ranged from performance and staffing levels to the quality of care".
The same records, from which paragraphs have been blacked out, also reveal concerns were voiced "about the relationships between senior clinical management and clinicians in NHS Grampian". They also say there was "an allegation of particular sub-standard care within Care of the Elderly Wards."
However, Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS), the inspection body brought in to investigate the concerns, has refused to release documents which explain their findings.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...fears-about-care-quality-at-hospital.25243596
NHS Scotland is refusing to publish findings from a probe that was launched at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after a senior clinician highlighted a number of worrying problems to Health Secretary Alex Neil. Minutes of a meeting, which have been released, show the issues raised by the consultant "ranged from performance and staffing levels to the quality of care".
The same records, from which paragraphs have been blacked out, also reveal concerns were voiced "about the relationships between senior clinical management and clinicians in NHS Grampian". They also say there was "an allegation of particular sub-standard care within Care of the Elderly Wards."
However, Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS), the inspection body brought in to investigate the concerns, has refused to release documents which explain their findings.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...fears-about-care-quality-at-hospital.25243596