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- John Swinney said the cuts will not increase patient travel distances.
- The reform will merge Scotland’s 14 health boards into two regional boards.
- Women in Scotland’s far north travel about 100 miles on the A9 to give birth in Inverness.
- Swinney warned that public sector employment, including NHS jobs, will fall, though he could not give a specific loss figure.
