A top doctor has warned "there is no way that the NHS in Scotland can survive" in its current form as he called for a national conversation on the future of the health service.
Dr Iain Kennedy, chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA) in Scotland, today warned that his NHS colleagues had told him over the past fortnight the "whole health and social care system in Scotland is broken".
In a stark warning, he said: "There is no way that the NHS in Scotland can survive. In fact, many of my members are telling me that the NHS in Scotland has died already."
