The first minister warns of 'exceptional and severe' pressure on Scotland's health services.
In a special briefing at the Scottish government's St Andrew's House headquarters, Ms Sturgeon said this was "almost certainly the most difficult winter ever for the NHS".
On Wednesday last week, hospital bed occupancy exceeded 95% - compared to 87% in the same week in 2020. The first minister added that more was being done to speed up the discharge of patients from hospital, with 1,700 people currently estimated to be stuck in hospitals.Extra funds are being given to health and social care partnerships to book extra care home beds, with the goal of freeing up capacity on wards.
Labour's Jackie Baillie said Ms Sturgeon "needs to sack Humza Yousaf and appoint someone who is up to the job". Nicola Sturgeon didn't come along today with a big new year announcement about NHS reforms or funding.
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