Cole-Hamilton comments on embargoed A&E report

Responding to the embargoed analysis from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine suggesting that there were 800 deaths associated with long A&E waits in Scotland last year, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

“People are waiting excruciatingly long at A&E or even dying before they get treatment because the SNP have failed to fix the crisis. Staff and patients are trapped in pressure cooker conditions.

“Since the target was last met, there has been a merry-go-round of four SNP health secretaries, but not a single one has ever made a dent.

“Unlike the SNP, my party is full of ideas for getting our NHS back on its feet, and you can vote for those plans by backing the Scottish Liberal Democrats on the peach regional ballot paper at next May’s election.”