Angela Constance: “The status quo with delayed discharge must end.”

No, I am not not reappraising the clinical evidence or or the model, but I always listen very carefully to people with lived experience.

Hence, we have to have a laser focus on building capacity in the community, ensuring people know which service to approach at the right time.

The bigger issue is around reducing avoidable hospital admissions.

That is why I announced this independent review, which will sit alongside the inspections already under way of every acute maternity unit in Scotland, to identify the systemic changes needed to strengthen services and improve outcomes.