More than 24,000 people in Scotland died between December 2022 and March 2023, new figures reveal.
showed there were 24,427 deaths registered between December 2022 and March 2023 - 11% more than the previous winter and the highest since 1989-90.
This seasonal increase in mortality was "considerably higher" for 2022-23 than the previous year, NRS said, but was lower than both the winters of 2017-18 and 2020-21. Mr Matheson said it would be "inaccurate" to suggest that the increase in deaths could be a reflection of accident and emergency units in Scottish hospitals.
Mr Matheson said that mortality rates had risen across the UK and said Westminster austerity policies over the past decade had led to deaths due to service cuts.The health secretary added: "However, I wouldn't be foolish enough to come here and suggest that this will resolve all of the issues, that this winter plan will make sure that we won't have pressures in the system, that everything will go perfectly.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said: "The warnings from NHS workers are as bad as they've ever been."Campaigners at Age Scotland said the number of deaths last winter was "extremely concerning". Already there are queues of people waiting too long in emergency departments to be moved into hospital for further care, that leads to ambulance crews being stuck outside hospitals instead of getting back on the road to answer more 999 calls.
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