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I must also add an obvious factor is that a lotta people with different kindsa health probs are definitely not visiting NHS hospitals and therefore not "loading up" the service when one compares previous years' monthly figures of inpatients and outpatients - a massive reduction this year for obvious reasons even though the Scot govt is prompting people to deal with their health probs as normal and consult GPs and book in for a hospital appointment.