Senior doctors at Glasgow hospital in care delay warning

Senior emergency doctors at Scotland's biggest hospital have written to the healthcare watchdog to warn of harm to patients from delays to care.

The consultants also warned of "uncontrollable system failure", in a letter sent to Healthcare Improvement Scotland (His) in July.

They said the situation in the emergency department at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow had deteriorated since their last review, which was undertaken in 2024 and published a year later.

That report found that poor relationships between managers and consultants was likely to have had a detrimental impact on patient care.

The July letter said staff were being forced to step down patients from resuscitation areas and move people into corridors to address "sustained overcapacity".