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Katrine Bussey & Craig Williams

Working in Scotland's A&E departments 'really scary' according to junior doctor

A doctor has revealed that working in A&E at the moment is "really scary", as she told how pressures on the NHS from waiting times and the pandemic had resulted in an "exhausted, broken workforce".

Dr Lailah Peel said she and her colleagues were "trying as much as much as we can" as she warned that long waiting times for medical help could be a "risk to patients".

Speaking about the situation in A&E, Dr Peel said: "It's just dire really, there is no way of sugar coating it."

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