The deputy First Minister was speaking to Humza Yousaf in a Whatsapp message which she now says was 'never intended for publication'.
Campaigners calling for emergency care on Skye have accused Kate Forbes of being powerless to help them after she warned Humza Yousaf they would protest if he visted the area.
The exchange, obtained under Freedom of Information laws, took place in April 2022 - a month before Yousaf visited the island to open Broadford Hospital. She went on to say there were “nice island ladies who have been scaremongered by people who should know better.” Neil Campbell, vice chairman of the Skye SOS campaign group, said: “When Kate Forbes says we ‘are quite the protest experts’, I take that as a compliment.
“We tell her what’s happening on the ground but she seems to accept NHS managers’ word rather than ours because she’s got us down as scaremongering.Top news stories today Forbes said she meant that residents had been scaremongered themselves and said: “My text exchanges make clear that the ‘scaremongering’ I reference did not originate within the community.“Instead it came from opposition politicians who were not straight and often jeopardised progress at Portree Hospital.
“What is getting us more than anything else is the promises and the inability of our MSP and MP to do anything about it.”
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