Operations activity stagnating below pre-pandemic levels

Responding to figures which reveal that, in the last 12 months, operations activity remains 12.5% lower than the 12-month period from September 2018 to August 2019, before the pandemic disrupted activity, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:  

“These figures clearly demonstrate the SNP’s failure to get the NHS back on track following the pandemic. They are letting staff down and leaving patients in pain.

“Countless SNP health secretaries have promised the earth for our NHS but delivered next to nothing.

“Scottish Liberal Democrats believe people should be able to get the care they need when they need it, but that’s just not happening right now. What our NHS truly needs is a change of government."