Humza Yousaf has lavished reward on Ayrshire well being care workers for “performing above and past the decision of obligation” all through the pandemic.
Earlier this yr the wholesome secretary despatched workers a letter outlining his ideas on the service after serving to perform the NHS Ayrshire and Arran Annual Evaluate.
And it was offered to the board at their month-to-month assembly on Monday.
The Cupboard Secretary for Well being and Social Care mentioned: “You offered a useful overview of the board’s preliminary response to the pandemic from late February 2020.
“This required an unparalleled, quick and radical restructure of each providers and methods of working throughout the NHS in Scotland, together with in NHS Ayrshire & Arran.
“The board’s response and restoration planning course of concerned the fast reconfiguration of native well being and care providers, together with a big enhance in the usage of know-how to ship care exterior hospitals or clinic settings.
“Employees at each stage have constantly carried out above and past the decision of obligation to assist each native providers and the nationwide effort: as an illustration, with the unprecedented Take a look at & Shield and vaccination programmes, in addition to the essential assist and medical oversight offered to native care houses.“
He added: “An instance of this had been the medical physics workers who had labored innovatively and tirelessly within the preliminary levels of the pandemic to bolster very important essential care capability by changing anaesthetic machines to ventilators; alongside different largely unsung heroes, and guaranteeing that key providers, reminiscent of district nursing and well being visiting, had been maintained all through.
"Certainly, it's via the constant dedication and dedication of native well being and social care workers, beneath largely unrelenting pressures, that we've ensured that the NHS has not been overwhelmed at any level throughout the pandemic, so far.
"As such, I'd need to formally file our deep appreciation to all native well being and social care workers for his or her excellent work, and provides them an assurance that we'll proceed to do all we will to assist them.”
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