Safety concerns about A&Es in Elgin and Aberdeen are being ignored claim senior doctors.
A number of senior doctors spoke anonymously to BBC News about conditions in Elgin and Aberdeen emergency departments.
In March last year, one senior clinician wrote to NHS Grampian bosses to warn of the "incredibly stressful and difficult" conditions in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary's emergency department. The letter said "exit block" - finding hospital beds for patients who no longer need to be in A&E - was the biggest patient safety concern.
Five weeks after the joint letter was submitted a major incident was declared at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on 22 February as a result of the pressures being felt by the service.NHS figures for the month of June show that 49% of patients who attended A&E at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary were seen, admitted or discharged within the target of four hours.
"The key recent pressure area has been the recruitment of doctors in training who are entering higher specialist training," the spokesman added. NHS Scotland's whistleblowing procedures were strengthened following an independent review into claims of a bullying culture at NHS Highland. But a recent survey by the BMA suggested nearly a quarter of doctors would still not feel comfortable raising a concern about patient safety or malpractice.
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