Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour leader, accused the SNP of incompetence in the recovery of Scotland's NHS, citing a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) that showed the health service is declining compared to England.
The Scottish Labour leader accused John Swinney of having his "head in the sand" after a report found the health service in England was recovering from the impact of the covid pandemic faster than north of the border.
He told MSPs the latest figures had shown some signs of improvement. Swinney said: “I accept there is work that remains to be done to improve the performance of the National Health Service but the Government is putting the investment and the focus in to enable that to be the case.” The Scottish Labour leader told the First Minister: “On his watch our NHS has plunged into a doom loop of soaring waiting lists and poorer health outcomes.”
The latest figures show a 7.4% reduction in the number of people waiting for eight key diagnostic tests, he added, while almost three-quarters of cancer patients start treatment within 62 days of their first referral.
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