Friday, December 16, 2005

Carolyn Leckie speaks out against "superhospital"

Evening Times

THE true scale of Glasgow's first superhospital was revealed today.
NHS bosses said the Southern General in Govan would have by far the nation's biggest accident and emergency unit...

Scottish Socialist MSP Carolyn Leckie, a former midwife who has long argued against superhospitals, said: "The Southern is going to be one of the biggest and busiest hospitals in the country. My main concerns are staff-to-patient ratio and pressure on beds."