“Our Hospitals were Half-Empty” Glasgow Porter tells Scottish COVID-19 inquiry
Neil Craig is a Hospital Porter and Unite Union Rep at Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Neil gives testimony here about hospital wards being “half-empty“ during the COVID pandemic
Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry
Impact Hearings
Health and Social Care
23/5/2024
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Time Stamp
0:00 Introduction
0:30 pandemic shift patterns
1:07 porters not getting COVID
2:10 significant fall in porter work
3:06 wards half-empty
4:15 hospital statistics