240 Scots die as a result of delays at A&E departments

Hundreds of patients have already died because of delays at accident-and-emergency departments this year, it has been revealed, as health secretary Humza Yousaf warned the number of people in hospital with Covid in Scotland may increase further over coming weeks. View email online

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