A LEADING female doctor has hit back at a Scottish health board which linked staff shortages to women workers becoming pregnant and wanting to work part-time.
A LEADING female doctor has hit back at a Scottish health board which linked staff shortages to women workers becoming pregnant and wanting to work part-time.
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Helen Puttick Health Correspondent
Dr Sally Winning, deputy chairwoman of the Scottish Council of the British Medical Association, said poor workforce planning was responsible for NHS Fife's problems, not its female employees.
She agreed with Labour MSP Helen Eadie the comments, made as part of their performance review, were offensive.
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