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NHS Scotland placed on emergency footing
Non-urgent elective care will be postponed in Scotland as part of NHS Scotland’s ongoing preparations for coronavirus.
Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said that NHS Scotland would be moving to an emergency footing for at least the next three months, in order to be ready to face a substantial and sustained increase in coronavirus cases. It is hoped that the decision to postpone all non-urgent elective care will effectively made to free up capacity in hospitals.
Freeman said: “We have been clear from the outset about the challenges our health service will face in the weeks and months to come from coronavirus. While our NHS is prepared and has a proven track record of dealing with these types of outbreak, we want to free up capacity in our hospital settings, and ensure access to beds for those who need them. That’s why we have asked boards to start scaling down non-urgent elective operations from now until further notice.
“Vital cancer treatments, emergency, maternity, and urgent care will continue, and patients have our assurance that all appointments will be rescheduled as quickly as possible as we get through the challenge to our NHS that COVID-19 presents. While these are undoubtedly difficult times, we fully expect our NHS to ensure patients are treated in line with their clinical priority, and the impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients has been a priority in all of our planning.”
NHS England had already announced that all non-urgent operations in England will be postponed from 15 April to free up 30,000 beds to help tackle coronavirus.
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