The health board have been named as suspects in a criminal investigation which could become the first prosecution of its kind in Scotland which could lead to an unlimited fine and open the door for individual bosses or senior staff to be prosecuted.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde are likely to face corporate homicide charges over the deaths of three children and an adult.
The Lanark mum had previously told a public inquiry that her daughters death was "murder". If NHS Greater Glasgow is found guilty in a jury trail the health board could face an unlimited fine and could open the door for individual bosses or senior staff to be prosecuted. Officers began investigating the deaths in 2021 and a public inquiry is still ongoing around the infection problems linked to the construction of the £842m Glasgow hospital which opened in April 2015.Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the “full force of the law” must now be brought to ensure nobody else, including the family of Milly, suffers.
Ian Moir, solicitor and partner at law firm Moir & Sweeney, said the move to label NHSGGC as a suspect was unprecedented. He said: “It is unlikely this step would be taken unless the police felt they had grounds to pursue the case. He said: “Prosecutors wouldn’t necessarily have to wait for a conviction to happen either. If, in the course of the preparation for any trial for this charge, it becomes apparent that they want to charge individuals they wouldn’t need to wait for a conviction to do that. Evidence may become available that could justify those individual proceedings.”
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