06/06/2026
Our client’s father George Maguire is a 91-year-old former boxer, someone his family knows as full of life. After being admitted to the Jura Ward at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow, his family say he became unrecognisable, unable to walk, eat or speak. When he left the ward, he began to recover.
His family believe he was given powerful opiates that had not been prescribed to him — Police Scotland is now investigating. The hospital has acknowledged the incident, but his family fear the true scale of what happened is far wider than what is officially being looked into.
It is hard when you trust a system to care for someone you love and something goes wrong. It is harder still when you're not sure if you're getting the answers you need.
"Hospitals are places where people should feel safest — especially elderly and vulnerable patients who rely entirely on others for their care.
That trust between patients, families and the health service is absolutely fundamental. When it is called into question, the impact on families can be deeply distressing.
The allegations being investigated are shocking, and it is entirely understandable that the family have been left struggling to process what they have been told.
Too often in situations like this, families feel that legal action is the only way to uncover the full truth.
We will stand with them to ensure those questions are properly answered — holding power to account and securing the answers they deserve." — Jonathan Howat, Partner, Medical Negligence
If your family has experienced something similar in this ward — we are here to listen.
