Watchdog slates NHS Grampian for 'serious failings' as John Swinney brands report 'appalling reading'
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Health board bosses have been forced to apologise after a damning report admonished its leadership and raised serious concerns about patient safety.
Published: 19:40 GMT, 12 November 2026 | Updated: 19:46 GMT, 12 November 2026
Health board bosses have been forced to apologise after a damning report admonished its leadership and raised serious concerns about patient safety.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) revealed a raft of failures within NHS Grampian, after the watchdog’s inspectors found it had not learned from its previous mistakes.
Despite being ordered to halt paediatric surgery at Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin, Morayshire, it continued to operate on children, its report found.
The board also botched an investigation into the death of a patient on the operating table, an error which was branded an ‘unjustifiable failure of governance’ and a missed opportunity to improve patient safety.
They were among some of the most shocking findings in the watchdog’s report, which also highlighted ‘serious weaknesses in all aspects of leadership and management of the medical workforce’ across the acute sector of NHS Grampian.
Laura Skaife-Knight, the board’s chief executive, vowed to fix the problems identified.
HIS made six recommendations to health board bosses in areas it said needed urgent changes.
Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin has been ordered to stop paediatric surgery
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