SCOTLAND'S Health Secretary has announced £600 million will be used to shore up the NHS over the winter months, but hinted that it will not “mitigate every single challenge”.
Humza Yousaf said the Scottish Government would provide £8 million from the current year’s budget to recruit 1000 new staff, including 750 nurses, midwives and allied health professionals from overseas.
A further £124 million will be given to health and social care partnerships to expand the capacity of care at home initiatives, £45 million to support recruitment and planning in the Scottish Ambulance Service and extension of the Social Care Staff Support Fund to the end of March.
