Scottish medical professionals call for NHS changes

Medical and nursing organisations have united to attack the "unsustainable culture" of targets in the NHS.

Two professional bodies, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland and the Royal College of Nursing Scotland, have also called for a "bold and visionary" approach to ensure the health service is "fit for purpose".

RCN Scotland director Theresa Fyffe and academy chairman Ian Ritchie said they were "speaking with one voice".