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Cancer patients sent back to Beatson from new Glasgow hospital | Cancer patients sent back to Beatson from new Glasgow hospital |
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Cancer patients are being moved back to the Beatson unit from the new Glasgow hospital after a problem was discovered with the air quality. | Cancer patients are being moved back to the Beatson unit from the new Glasgow hospital after a problem was discovered with the air quality. |
NHS Scotland said the relocation of 18 leukaemia patients and the Bone Marrow Transplant Service was temporary. | NHS Scotland said the relocation of 18 leukaemia patients and the Bone Marrow Transplant Service was temporary. |
Routine air monitoring had identified a higher particle count than desirable in the new Bone Marrow Transplant unit. | Routine air monitoring had identified a higher particle count than desirable in the new Bone Marrow Transplant unit. |
The £842m Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, which began taking patients in April, has been dogged by problems. | The £842m Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, which began taking patients in April, has been dogged by problems. |
Dr Anne Parker, lead consultant for Haemato-Oncology, said: "In consultation with colleagues from various disciplines, it has been agreed that 18 patients will move to the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre for an interim period. | |
"This will enable remedial work to take place without disrupting patient care. This is purely a precautionary step and we have no evidence that any patient has been adversely affected as a result of the environment issues. | |
"We are fortunate that the Beatson is available to us and we are working with our critical care colleagues in the new High Acuity Unit which has been established there." | |
'Worst performing' | |
NHS Scotland said the move only related to the adult hospital. It said bone marrow transplant services at the Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow were separate and unaffected. | |
The hospital, previously known as the South Glasgow University Hospital, was renamed last week during a visit by the Queen. | |
Three weeks ago, ministers ordered specialists in after it emerged the hospital was the worst performing in Scotland. | |
At that time, figures showed that just 78.3% of A&E patients were seen and treated within four hours, well below the 95% target. | |
There have also been claims that the hospital was in chaos four weeks after it opened to patients. | |
One woman told the BBC it was like "a war zone" over the May bank holiday weekend and her terminally-ill husband had to wait eight hours to be admitted. |