Scottish Conservative shadow health secretary Dr Sandesh Gulhane MSP said: “After nearly two decades of SNP mismanagement, our NHS is in permanent crisis mode – with two thirds of patients waiting over four hours to be seen in A&E at the height of summer.
“Because of their incompetence, thousands of Scots are dying needlessly. These aren’t just statistics, they’re families grieving loved ones lost far too soon.
“Dedicated frontline staff are doing everything they can for their patients, but they’ve been abandoned by Humza Yousaf’s flimsy recovery plan and the SNP’s dire workforce planning.
“This is a national scandal, but John Swinney and Neil Gray still don’t have a plan to address this crisis.
“Unless urgent action is taken, our NHS will collapse as we enter the winter months. Neil Gray needs to face the facts and back our common-sense plans to slash bureaucracy, cut red tape and surge resources to the frontline.”
