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Daily Record
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Paul Hutcheon

Humza Yousaf announces funding for extra care beds to ease pressure on NHS in Scotland

Embattled Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has announced extra social care funding in a desperate bid to free up hospital beds.

Yousaf claimed 300 care beds would be purchased to address the “unprecedented” crisis afflicting the health service.

But the extra cash covers around 17 per cent of the beds currently occupied by patients who are ready to leave.

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