Angela Constance: “No one should have to endure the trauma and appalling conditions that these children and their families have…”

What I am absolutely clear about is that corridor care isn’t acceptable. It’s not acceptable for patients or their families.

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,”

The measure of our preparedness is not whether pressures arise, it is how effectively we respond to those pressures.

I want to be clear and transparent that we will be facing a difficult period.