Children’s cancer wards which closed more than three years ago amid concerns about the water system will reopen next week following an ￡8.9 million upgrade. Children in wards 2A/ 2B at the Royal Hospital for Children( RHC) in Glasgow were moved to wards in the adult Queen Elizabeth University Hospital( QEUH) in September 2018 to allow for further investigations after the concerns emerged. The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry is currently investigating the construction of the QEUH campus, which include

Bosses at Scotland’s largest health board have rejected claims they have imposed “ swingeing ” cuts in the number of beds for children. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde insisted that Labour’s claim of a 40% cut in paediatric beds over the last decade was “ clearly wrong ”.... Scottish Labour health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie accused the board of inflicting a “ hammer blow to paediatric care ” at the Royal Hospital for Children, saying the average number of available, staffed, paediatric beds fell

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, 51, and Holyrood Health Secretary Humza Yousaf, 36, told Scots aged 40 and over to bring forward their booster jab appointments to help minimise the impact of the Omicron variant.... Ms Sturgeon told MSPs in the Scottish Parliament on Monday:" I say to everyone who is in a similar position to me: try now to bring forward your booster appointment." The change follows advice from the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation( JCVI), which also s