Gps Call for Help with Surge in a&E Demand Services Must Work Together to Meet Targets, Insists Bma

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DOCTORS are calling for a special group to be launched in Scotland to help the NHS deal with a surge in demand for urgent and emergency care.

The British Medical Association Scotland said it would be extremely difficult to reduce pressure on accident and emergency departments unless all the frontline medical services - including GPs, hospitals, the ambulance service and NHS 24 - worked together to tackle the problem.

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Gps Call for Help with Surge in a&E Demand Services Must Work Together to Meet Targets, Insists Bma

Yesterday The Herald revealed that health board managers have been told to reduce the number of patients admited to accident and emergency departments by April 2...

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