Protesters have taken their fight against the naming of Glasgow's new £842 million hospital after the Queen to its doors.
About a dozen people carrying placards gathered outside the hospital to demand the name be dropped.
John Beattie, who worked for the NHS for 10 years, organised an online petition calling for the new name to be dropped which has garnered more than 16,000 signatures.
When the new hospital opened on the Southern General site in May this year, it was called the South Glasgow University Hospital, a name which had been used on signposts and buses.
However, when the building was officially opened by the Queen this summer the name was changed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
The petition, on change.org, states: "We do not want a royal name for our new publicly-funded hospital.
"We want to either revert back to the previous rebranding of South Glasgow University Hospital or we want the opportunity to vote on a name ourselves."
A spokeswoman for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said: "The vast majority of our staff and patients were delighted that the Queen officially opened our new healthcare facilities which will benefit not only the people of Glasgow but the people of Scotland.
"We were also very pleased to be given a new royal title for this magnificent new building."
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