Common purpose / How care is organised
Estates and the care environment
Buildings, water, ventilation and ward design are part of safety. The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry and the Amos investigation both treat the estate as clinical infrastructure.
4 reviews · 5 recommendations
Reviews, most recent first
- 2026Amos maternity investigation
Baroness Valerie Amos
- 2025Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
Lord Brodie
- 2024Darzi investigation
Lord Darzi of Denham
- 2016Carter review
Lord Carter of Coles
What they asked for
Deliver estates and digital systems that are fit for maternity and neonatal care, with dated investment commitments. Thirlwall recorded this as a recommendation of the Amos final report.
DHSC and NHS England
The interim report's 11 recommendations addressed ventilation failures and NHS Lothian governance. The Scottish Government accepted all 11.
Scottish Government and NHS boards
The final report is expected to cover water, ventilation, infection and the current safety of the Glasgow hospitals, and to recommend how future NHS infrastructure projects avoid the same mistakes.
Scottish Government
Treat productivity and capital as quality issues, not only as finance issues.
Government and NHS
Consolidate pathology, procurement and estates functions where local duplication wastes money.
NHS