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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Craig Meighan

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Scottish health board declares code black after hospitals reach maximum capacity - You Need To See This

Scottish health board declares 'Code Black' after hospitals reach maximum capacity

A HEALTH board has moved into "Code Black" after it said three of its hospitals had run out of space.

NHS Lanarkshire said on Wednesday it was “beyond critical occupancy levels across its three acute hospitals” because “relentless pressures, bed shortages and staff shortages due to annual leave, sickness absence and self-isolation”.

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