NHS can recover with effort and resources, surgeon tells Scottish Covid inquiry

The NHS can recover from the Covid-19 pandemic if it has enough effort and resourcing put into it, a leading clinician has told an inquiry.

Addressing the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry, Mike McKirdy, president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, said he was optimistic the NHS could recover from the pandemic in its current form, if its capacity to deal with the treatment backlog can be increased.

Mr McKirdy said the treatment backlog that