"The health service is under probably the most significant pressure its ever been under in its 74-year existence," he said."We're still recovering from the pandemic, the effects of the pandemic, we're into winter - frankly if you're not concerned then you're not doing your job rightly."
Mr Yousaf added: "I can give your listeners a guarantee that I'm spending every single waking moment I possibly can to see what support we can give both healthcare and but also social care. "We need to invest in [social care] in order to free up some of that capacity through the back door."This winter he urged people to consider when and how they access the health service.
"The message coming health boards is, if it's an emergency, if it's life-threatening, critical, then don't hesitate for a second to phone 999," Mr Yousaf said. "If it's not that, then know the other avenues that are available."The health secretary also said he understood parents wereafter children in other parts of the UK died. He said his own three-year-old child had been unwell last week.
Mr Yousaf said parents should be aware of the symptoms of the usually mild infection and added that there was no shortage of antibiotics in Scotland.
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