COVID pressure: 'Very busy' NHS Forth Valley to continue non-urgent operations

NHS Ayrshire, NHS Arran and NHS Lanarkshire have announced they are temporarily postponing all non-urgent elective surgeries.

An NHS Forth Valley spokesman said: “Forth Valley Royal Hospital continues to be very busy as we are seeing an ongoing increase in the number of people admitted with COVID-19 and other serious health conditions.

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“Staff are continuing to deliver care to local patients who require urgent care and treatment and are also working very hard to ensure patients who are well enough to leave hospital are discharged or transferred as quickly as possible to help free up capacity for those who require to be admitted.

“We have not cancelled non-urgent operations but are keeping this under regular review and ensuring more urgent operations and outpatient appointments continue to be prioritised.”

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