For the second day running, BBC Scotland seeks to misrepresent the findings of an official inquiry into a hospital-acquired infections inquiry.

They tell us:

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) had consistently denied bacteria in the water was responsible for causing some infections which led to the deaths of patients. But in closing submissions to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry, external it has now admitted “on the balance of probabilities”, that there was a “causal connection” between some infections and the hospital environment.

That’s correct, true, but you need to have your wits about you for for their next sneaky move. The above is stating that was probably a link between the hospital environment and the infections.

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Further on Lisa Summers tell us:

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) had consistently denied bacteria in the water was responsible for causing some infections which led to the deaths of patients.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx3n6p136do

The independent report triggering this media coverage does not anywhere refer to infections causing, leading to or resulting in deaths. There are, however, multiple references to infections contributing to deaths. This is by no means the same thing when the death certificate lists several more deadly factors.

^{https://www.hospitalsinquiry.scot/inquiry-document/core-participant-closing-statements-inquiry-glasgow-4}

Political purposes? In as report on the worst thing that can ever happen to a parent:

Opposition politicians said the Scottish government had questions to answer.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said: “The QEUH scandal is one of the worst failures in modern Scottish public life.

“Since the hospital opened, there has been a litany of serious problems: concerns about water safety, environmental risks, governance failures, and infections that devastated families.”

Sarwar said families had been forced to “fight for the truth” about what happened to their children and added the health board’s admission “should be a turning point”.

And Scottish Conservative health spokesman Dr Sandesh Gulhane said there was evidence of “a cover-up at the very top.”

He said: “There is now a substantial body of evidence that points to a cover-up at the very top, which has only been exposed by this inquiry.

“Families like those of Milly Main, Molly Cuddihy and many others have waited years to get straight answers from those responsible.

“Those are now being extracted rather than freely given.”