It’s likely to be the most difficult winter ever in hospitals. With accident and emergency waiting times at a record high, many of those who work on the frontline of the NHS in Scotland believe it’s at breaking point.
Patients have again been told to stay away unless their life is at risk.
STV news has been given access to an A&E department where exhausted doctors and nurses describe the daily battle to find beds for the sickest of patients.
All this week, we’ll look at how the NHS is preparing for winter pressure, an expected wave of Covid and the first strike by nurses in more than a century.
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