What will happen to the health service as it enters what is traditionally the busiest period of the year?
This contrasts with Forth Valley Hospital near Falkirk which was at 46.3%.
But in both 2020 and 2021 there were more excess deaths than usual with Covid, cancer and heart disease among the main causes. that pressure on the NHS was "the strongest hypothesis for the current excess deaths we are experiencing". Across Scotland, 14.5% of inpatient paediatric surgery patients have been waiting more than two years for treatments, while 10% of urology patients have been waiting as long.
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