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Vale Hospital wards could be temporarily closed due to staffing shortage
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Two wards at the Vale Hospital are under threat of closure.Health chiefs have confirmed they are struggling to staff the Fruin and Katrine wards, which care for elderly people with dementia.Concerns have been raised that the wards may have to close temporarily, though West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership yesterday (Monday) said a decision has not yet been made.Bosses say the units have faced “a number of issues” with staffing hit by the pandemic and a shortage of medics.MP Martin Docherty-Hughes said the staff shortages may lead to “the short term closure” of some wards.West Dunbartonshire Council leader Jonathan McColl meanwhile said
