S4W-06462: Vale of Leven Hospital

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will extend the duration of the public inquiry into the Clostridium difficile outbreak at the Vale of Leven hospital.


Answered by Nicola Sturgeon (27/03/2012):Lord MacLean, Chairman of the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry wrote to me on the 25 January 2012 requesting a further extension to the duration of the Inquiry which was due to report by September 2012.

Lord MacLean has indicated that due additional time being required to examine the treatment of individual cases and because of Counsel commitments, additional time is required to prepare his final report. This has led to a request to extend the date of publishing the final Inquiry report to 31 May 2013.

To enable Lord MacLean to fully complete the Inquiry remit, I have agreed to this extension.