Louisa Jordan will stay open to help NHS fully restart

GLASGOW’S NHS Louisa Jordan will play “an important role” in helping the NHS resume normal services after the pandemic.

As the NHS resumes services that were postponed at the height of the outbreak, the hospital could be used for training, teaching and examinations, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman revealed.

The £38 million field hospital will start to host orthopaedic outpatient consultations from this month.

Freeman said: “As we begin to resume some paused NHS services safely, carefully and in a series of stages, this national hospital will play an important role in helping our NHS recover by providing planned healthcare for non-Covid outpatients.

“It will also ensure the sustainability of our NHS workforce, as the clinical setting, alongside the ability to maintain physical distancing, will allow undergraduates and postgraduates to carry out training, teaching and examinations, and support training for the wider health and social care workforce in Scotland.”

It was revealed there had been nine new cases of coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours.

There were 424 people in hospital and four in intensive care. There were another seven in ICU with suspected coronavirus.

The Scottish Government said it was not able to provide details of the latest deaths from coronavirus due to a technical issue but would provide an update later.

In the Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS area, 4861 people have tested positive since the outbreak began. There are 198 currently in hospital.