The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital opened on time in 2015 but infection outbreaks have caused alarm

Doctors’ concerns about the design of the new children’s hospital in Glasgow were ignored before work began on the project, documents have shown.

Clinicians considered a formal protest at one stage, in the form of a confidence vote in the management team, because they were so alarmed about the building plans. They also warned that the timescales proposed for delivery were too tight.

The Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow (RHC) and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital opened on time in 2015 but unusual infection outbreaks, including two patients whose deaths were linked to pigeon faeces, have since caused alarm. Two cancer wards at the RHC are not in use.

The Times has seen minutes of the medical staff association representing paediatric doctors when they