Labour said workers across the under-pressure health service had been pushed to 'breaking point' at a time one in six Scots are on waiting lists.
Scotland's struggling NHS lost 15.3 million working hours to staff sickness in just a single year, it has been revealed.
He said: "Take the experience of Karen Campbell, an NHS dental nurse for 25 years, who has been forced to quit after waiting years for prolapse and hip surgery. "What this has created is a doom loop of delays – where everyone loses out. The simple truth is that our NHS is not safe with the SNP."This is a government that has lost its way, is incompetent and that now admits that it has spent too long focusing on campaigning rather than governing.The First Minister responded: "I obviously very much regret the circumstances that Anas Sarwar puts to me about Karen Campbell’s case.
And Swinney blamed what he called the "perpetuation of austerity" at Westminster following the election of Keir Starmer.
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