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A TRADE union representing doctors in Scotland has said warning signs about the state of the NHS must be ignored no longer, as nine in 10 medics claim more cash is needed to maintain existing levels of care.
A survey by the British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland found 61 per cent of doctors think the service is funded “well below” the amount required.
The BMA also found 92 per cent believe that the NHS will not be able to continue to provide the current range of services without additional resources while more than a third said staffing levels had deteriorated in the last five years.
BMA Scotland chairman Dr Lewis Morrison insisted that the “undoubted problems,” which existed before the pandemic, must be fixed, warning that “the first part of the year will likely remain very difficult.”
He said “the will is there to change course,” adding that after the “toughest of years” the Covid-19 crisis had shown that “working together works.”