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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Adam Robertson

Jason Leitch urges unwell Scots to stay away from work to protect NHS

SCOTLAND’S national clinical director has urged people feeling unwell to stay away from their work in order to help the NHS.

Jason Leitch urged people not to “lose hope” about the state of the health service, which has come under severe pressure.

The National spoke with Dr Philippa Whitford who said that a COBRA-level response was needed to deal with the issues facing the health service.

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