HOSPITALS in Scotland are short of more than 1600 nurses – the most since the summer of 2007 – figures have revealed.
NHS officials also said around 400 posts had been empty for more than three months in a package of workforce statistics.
The Scottish Tories said the growing number of gaps has coincided with disastrous waiting times results, widespread complaints and even the revelation that some health boards were abusing a patient coding loophole to massage results.
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