Health boards have been working to create new national orthopaedic plans, following a commission from the Scottish Government, designed to build on the progress we’ve seen in reducing the number of long waits and ensure patients get treatment at the earliest possible date.
Health Secretary comments on new orthopaedic plans.
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I want to be clear and transparent that we will be facing a difficult period.
I am proud this funding will help remove the barriers that stand between them and a return to the profession they trained for, while strengthening our NHS workforce at the same time.
Scotland is home to many highly skilled internationally qualified doctors who fled conflict and persecution, and who want nothing more than to use their skills to help others,”
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