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NHS Glasgow bosses confess to paying private investigators to spy on relatives of dead patients….
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) have confessed to hiring private investigators to conduct their Big Brother-style monitoring of patients and relatives at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
By Hannah Rodger – Chiara Pollock Reporter
04 June 2023
Source: https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/nhs-glasgow-bosses-confess-paying-27053355
Glasgow health board bosses have confessed to paying private investigators to spy on the families of dead patients.
NHSGGC admitted to using an external firm to conduct Big Brother-style monitoring on critical patients and relatives at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH).
Previously revealed by the Sunday Mail, NHSGGC were found to have employed a scheme called “social listening” to check online posts by individuals they keep on a list, including people with questions as to what’s gone wrong at the £842million Glasgow super-hospital.
It has now come to light that health chiefs are paying a private company to conduct the spying on their behalf using taxpayers’ money, reports the Sunday Mail.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar blasted the health board bosses, saying: “It is utterly obscene that taxpayer money is being spent this way.”
Read the full article at: https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/nhs-glasgow-bosses-confess-paying-27053355