NHS Repeatedly Releasing Bodies to Wrong Families, Swinney Warned

First Minister John Swinney during First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh, Scotland, on Oct. 31, 2024. Jane Barlow/PA Wire

The NHS has repeatedly released the bodies of dead Scots to the wrong people, MSPs have warned.

Scottish Labour deputy leader Dame Jackie Baillie and Conservative health spokesman Dr Sandesh Gulhane both warned the First Minister to take action after the recent “wrongful release” of a person was only discovered after they were cremated.