John Swinney was pressed during First Minister's Questions on a review that found a "serious breakdown" in relationships among staff and management at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is likely having a detrimental effect on patient care.
While insisting Scotland has a "formidable record" on improving patient safety, Swinney added: "The quality and strength of that patient safety programme will be undermined if there is not a culture of acceptance of the need to tackle the behaviour the HIS report highlights."
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said: "I have been raising concerns for years with successive SNP health secretaries and first ministers but here we are again.
"Staff describe the working environment as brutal and inhumane, they talk of moral distress, of being haunted by some patient experiences leading to harm, and they say it is a constant battle to keep patients and staff safe and that there is no support from management."
The First Minister replied: "Patient safety is an abso...
While insisting Scotland has a "formidable record" on improving patient safety, Swinney added: "The quality and strength of that patient safety programme will be undermined if there is not a culture of acceptance of the need to tackle the behaviour the HIS report highlights."
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said: "I have been raising concerns for years with successive SNP health secretaries and first ministers but here we are again.
"Staff describe the working environment as brutal and inhumane, they talk of moral distress, of being haunted by some patient experiences leading to harm, and they say it is a constant battle to keep patients and staff safe and that there is no support from management."
The First Minister replied: "Patient safety is an abso...
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