Scottish Deputy First Minister John Swinney apologizes for hospital corridor patient treatment amid overcrowding.

John Swinney, Deputy First Minister of Scotland, has offered an "unreserved apology" to patients treated in hospital corridors as he clashed with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar over the issue. A recent report by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine found that overcrowding in Scotland's emergency departments has led to more than half treating patients in hospital corridors. The report also showed 45% of patients treated in emergency departments didn't have access to a private cubicle.

June 20, 2024
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