Nicola Sturgeon urged to take action over death of Scottish Government official Andrew Slorance
dailyrecord.co.ukThe widow of a Scottish Government official who died at a scandal-hit hospital has written to Nicola Sturgeon to make a fresh plea for answers.Louise Slorance believes she was never told the truth about her husband Andrew's death in 2020 at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow.
The First Minister told MSPs last year she would order a review of his case - and insisted her government would "never tolerate cover ups or secrecy on the part of any health board".
Scotland's chief nursing officer (CNO) subsequently commissioned NHS Lothian to review Andrew's care and treatment at the QEUH.
But Louise has now criticised the process after the published report admitted it was not based on Andrew's actual case notes - and instead relied on a previous review carried out by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.The mum-of-five was also invited to meet with health bosses on two occasions to discuss their findings - only for each meeting to be cancelled at short notice.In her letter to Sturgeon, Louise said: "I had been told that the purpose of these meetings was to allow me 'the opportunity to seek assurances and responses to questions that you may have'."I have so many questions about Andrew’s care and treatment and about the content of these reviews."I am furious that these reviews have given me no assurances, do not seem to have consulted the relevant clinicians and that none of my questions concerning what happened to my husband have been answered."These belated cancellations of the opportunity for me to meet and ask questions have given rise to further suspicion on my part about what is being covered up."Andrew Slorance was a senior civil servant and part of the Scottish Government’s emergency communications team
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