🔴 Patients ‘will die across NHS over Christmas because of broken system’ warns doctor

Dec 22, 2022

Patients ‘will die across NHS over Christmas because of broken system’ warns doctor

A doctor has warned that patients in Scotland’s hospitals over the festive period could die “for no other reason than the broken system failing them”.

Dr Lailah Peel, chair of BMA West of Scotland Regional Junior Doctors Committee, spoke about the extreme pressures the NHS was facing and the impact on patients.

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A doctor has warned that patients in Scotland’s hospitals over the festive period could die “for no other reason than the broken system failing them”.


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