Angela Constance: “Well, I said I want to be very rigorous around getting the highest level of assurance around capacity.”

Corridor care is first and foremost distressing for patients. It is not right. It is not in their best interest.

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.

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.

The status quo with delayed discharge must end.