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Patient lives put at risk over staffing shortages in Scots NHS, leading nurse warns

Patient lives could be put at risk if staffing shortages in the NHS in Scotland are not addressed, a leading nurse has warned.

Nurses across Scotland are set to go on strike later this year after members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) were balloted for the first time in 106 years over a pay deal.

Julie Lamberth, chair of the RCN Scotland board, said nurses are leaving the health service over pay. It comes after the most recent Scottish Government offer of a flat rate of £2,205 per person was rejected by the majority of nurses.

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