Coronavirus in Scotland: £500,000 for hot drinks and snacks for healthcare workers

Hard-pressed healthcare workers in Scotland are to receive a £500,000 boost from the Scottish Government for hot drinks and snacks in order to help them rest and relax.
The aim is to help healthcare workers relax during breaks.The aim is to help healthcare workers relax during breaks.
The aim is to help healthcare workers relax during breaks.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon made the announcement at today’s briefing, saying it was a small gesture that could have a large impact.

She said: "Throughout the pandemic, everybody would agree with this, our health and care workers have done a truly outstanding job in the most difficult and stressful of circumstances that it is possible to imagine.

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"And of course the stress that they face, the pressure they face can be seen in the figures I'm reporting every day right now. It is severe and it is acute. I'm hugely grateful to each and every one of them.

"We're allocating an additional half a million pounds to health boards and health and social care partnerships. That money will be available to help address issues which have been raised directly by health and social care workers.

"For example some of it could be used to provide healthcare workers with free hot drinks and snacks when they’re on shift. And I know that probably sounds like quit a small thing but it has been flagged up to us as important in helping workers to rest and recover during the break times that they get.

"And sometimes as in all walks of life it can be the little things that help quite a lot.

"I’m flagging this up today just to underline how much we owe our healthcare workers.”

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