This is our NHS. It’s the most treasured part of our society, there by our side throughout our lives, bringing us into the world, nursing us when we are sick and easing our suffering and pain in our final years.
We have a responsibility to do all we can to ease the pressure on this vital public service because it needs our help now as much as we need its help. This crisis has in no small part been caused by staff shortages set against a backdrop of huge demand for services.
Hiring more doctors and nurses is an essential part of the solution. But we also need a wider debate on how to reduce demand on a service everyone in Scotland values.
