Covid in Scotland: Call to cancel operations to reduce NHS pressureon July 8, 2021 at 9:52 am

A senior public health official said “difficult decisions” must be made amid staff absences and rising admissions.

Another possible solution would be to reassess whether double vaccinated health and social care staff need to self isolate if they had been in contact with the virus, according to Prof Jackie Taylor, president of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow.