The £33m project to remove and replace 'unsafe' cladding from the hospital will take five years to complete.
A Glasgow MSP has demanded answers on why it is set to take five years to replace cladding deemed to be unsafe at the city's largest hospital.
MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy said: “My Glasgow constituents will be rightly astonished and angry that £33million of taxpayer's money is now having to be spent on something that should never have been necessary in the first place. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the project had undergone an 'extensive and robust process of planning' with the process of expediting the removal and replacement and minimising disruption within the atrium.
“As the atrium is the central access point for the hospital, there will inevitably be some disruption. However, we would like to reassure everybody who uses the QEUH that throughout the period of work we will continue to provide high-quality patient-centred care to our patients. There may be some changes to waiting areas, but all clinics and wards will remain open.
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