Police investigate claims over health board reports

Detectives are “assessing” whether a health board which failed to provide information about 56 serious incidents at its hospitals was guilty of any “criminality”.

Rab Wilson, who worked for NHS Ayrshire and Arran, requested copies of all “critical incident” reviews and significant “adverse event” reports, which are used to improve safety and patient care.

Mr Wilson turned to Information Commissioner Kevin Dunion after the health board told him it did not hold any critical incident review plans, apart from one it had already given him.

A police spokeswoman said today: “Strathclyde Police is in receipt of information supplied by Mr Wilson and is assessing whether or not there is any criminality.”

A newspaper reported the catalogue of incidents, including 20 patient deaths and two cases in which psychiatric patients killed or tried to kill relatives.