Police investigating deaths of three children and 73-year-old woman at flagship Glasgow hospital

Four deaths at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow are being investigated, the Crown Office has confirmed (Jane Barlow/PA)

Police are investigating four deaths at the flagship Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QUEH) in Glasgow, it has emerged.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) – which has a duty to investigate all sudden, unexpected and unexplained deaths – has instructed officers from Police Scotland to act.