Scots Health Secretary quizzed on 'major outbreak' of coronavirus at Glasgow hospital

health boss criticised for journeys between Orkney and his mainland home made FIVE trips during lockdown, according to a Freedom of Information response.Iain Stewart, chief executive designate at NHS Orkney, has racked up a £4,500 travel and accommodation bill since he took office on March 1.Orkney MSP Liam McArthur this week called on Mr Stewart to resign or “be removed.”NHS Orkney has stood by its new chief executive’s decision to travel.The FOI response from NHS Orkney indicates that Mr

Health Secretary is to appear before MPs in a session on the Covid-19 outbreak. Jeane Freeman and national clinical director Jason Leitch are expected to face questions on the impact of the virus in care homes from the Scottish Affairs Committee.

hospitals fear being moved between wards could be helping the spread of coronavirus.It comes after figures revealed 901 patients had caught Covid-19 in hospital, with 218 of them dying of the infection, despite having been in for a separate condition.Nurses say they must stick to their own wards during outbreaks of winter vomiting bugs but they claim the same rules are not being enforced in hospitals with Covid-19.Some have been moved from Covid wards to A&E in the same shift while others have

lockdown trips to his family home near Inverness has been urged to quit after it emerged he also visited relatives in Glasgow. NHS Orkney chief executive Iain Stewart last month apologised for causing any upset when he admitted travelling between the island and his family home on Black Isle, which is 150 miles away.

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