Medics’ NHS warning
POLITICIANS may be “raising unrealistic public expectations” about the amount of work the NHS in Scotland can do after the pandemic, doctors have warned.
While the future of the health service is a key battleground in the run-up to next month’s Holyrood election, doctors said they had a “real concern” about some manifesto pledges.
Dr Lewis Morrison, chair of the British Medical Association Scotland spoke out with Dr Miles
Mack, chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland, also known as the Scottish Academy.
Noting that many health staff were “suffering the physical and mental impact” of working throughout the pandemic, they also called for increased staffing.
They added “communication with the public must be realistic, and the delivery of services must be balanced with our current capacity”.
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