The Scottish government announces a £1bn plan to tackle backlogs in healthcare caused by the Covid pandemic.
Face-to-face consultations with GPs will be restored "as quickly and safely as possible" as part of the Scottish government's £1bnThe move will be one of the "key actions" for the next five years to tackle backlogs in healthcare.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Health Secretary Humza Yousaf launched the recovery plan during a visit to the new national Centre for Sustainable Delivery at the Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank.Nicola Sturgeon launched the recovery plan during a visit to the Golden Jubilee National HospitalIncreasing investment in National Treatment Centres to more than £400m
1,000 more mental health link workers in communities, 800 more GPs and boosting paramedic numbers through the £10,000 Paramedic Bursary "Tackling the backlog of care is essential and will be a priority. But we want to go further than that and deliver an NHS that is innovative, sustainable and stronger than ever before."Willie Duffy, the head of health for the Unison union, said the government needed to take "a cautious approach" in trying to get the NHS system back to normal.
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