Royal Hospital For Sick Children

The next oral hearing of the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry is set to begin on May 9 with the focus on the role of ventilation in a hospital setting and the early planning stages of Edinburgh’s new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (RHC

NHS Lothian’s new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh is to officially open its doors next week. All children’s services presently located at Sciennes, including A&E, are to move to the HLM Architects-designed Royal Hospital for Children and Young People located

The costs of the much-delayed Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh will increase further due to the works required to make it fit for opening.

Anyone with relevant information which could assist investigations into the construction of two major hospitals have been urged to come forward in a fresh appeal for evidence.

A date in November has been earmarked for the opening of the much-delayed Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh.

Key questions around the delayed opening of Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Children and Young People remain unanswered, Scotland’s public spending watchdog said today.

New problems relating to fire and electric systems have been uncovered at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) in Edinburgh.

The ventilation issues which delayed the opening of the £150 million Sick Children’s Hospital in Edinburgh stemmed from a tender error back in 2012, the Scottish Government said yesterday as it announced the facility won’t be operational for at least another year.

The problems which resulted in the delayed opening of the Sick Children’s Hospital in Edinburgh were “built into” the £150 million development due to political pressure to avoid delays, a senior architect has claimed.

A detailed assessment of compliance of all building systems is to be undertaken at the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) to guarantee the safety of patients and staff, the Scottish Government said today.

Ventilation problems have delayed the opening of the £150 million Sick Children's Hospital in Edinburgh following last minute inspections.

The much-delayed Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh is now scheduled to open in autumn 2018, a full year later than originally planned. NHS Lothian said severe weather was partly to blame for the latest delays to the £150 million facility at Little France on the outskirts of the city.

The opening of the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh has been delayed for another two months, it has emerged. NHS Lothian said the £150 million facility at Little France on the outskirts of the city will now not be open until spring 2018 at the earliest.

Pressure to meet deadlines and “seriously flawed” designs are to blame for a six month delay to the opening of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, according to an architect behind the project. Robert Menzies has claimed that construction of the £150 million hospital was rushed de

The opening of a £150 million hospital in Edinburgh has been delayed by at least six months after construction firms entered administration and provisional liquidation. IHS Lothian Ltd, the consortium building the £150m Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences, has