Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 12, 2019

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Correction

Jeane Freeman has identified an error in her contribution and provided the following correction.

At col 6, paragraph 5—

Original text—

As we have made clear, notwithstanding the serious difficulties with infections in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde that have been recounted in the Parliament, and the very great seriousness with which I take them, the Queen Elizabeth hospital remains on a par with the rest of Scotland on infection rates. The rate is running at about 4 per cent overall, whereas the Scottish average is 4.2 per cent. It is important to set out that context of the discussion.

Corrected text—

As we have made clear, notwithstanding the serious difficulties with infections in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde that have been recounted in the Parliament, and the very great seriousness with which I take them, the Queen Elizabeth hospital remains on a par with the rest of Scotland on infection rates. The rate is running at about 3.4 per cent overall, whereas the Scottish average is 4.6 per cent. It is important to set out that context of the discussion.