NHS Golden Jubilee: Meet the teams tackling the treatment backlog

Increasing capacity, skills and the workforce top the list of priorities along with finding better ways of working faster to meet patient demand.

With the NHS under unprecedented strain, STV News has been given access inside the Golden Jubilee, the hospital tasked with helping to ease the pressure on Scotland’s health boards.

It’s marking 20 years since it took on that role and the last 2 have been the most challenging. With some patients waiting for up to one thousand days for operations such as hip and knee replacements, our Chief Reporter Sharon Frew has been speaking to the teams tackling the treatment backlog.

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