Question reference: S4W-09388
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 4 September 2012
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Current status: Answered by Alex Neil on 13 September 2012
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it will (a) receive and (b) publish the findings of the Health and Safety Executive’s investigation into the 2012 outbreak of Legionella in Edinburgh.
Answer
The investigation into the Legionella outbreak by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is ongoing.
A joint investigation, by Lothian and Borders Police and the HSE, under the direction of Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) Health and Safety Division, into the deaths of three men who died in June 2012 during the course of the outbreak, is also ongoing. Any reports submitted to COPFS in due course will be confidential and will not be the subject of publication.
The final report of NHS Lothian’s Incident Management Team will be published no later than three months after investigations have concluded.