Cole-Hamilton: Long waits at A&E effectively the norm for the SNP

Responding to new figures showing only 62.8% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 11th February, while 3,431 people waited over 8 hours, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton said:

"From Humza Yousaf to Michael Matheson, Scotland's NHS has only known failure. This must now be the moment when the SNP decide to tackle this crisis in our A&E departments.

"For too long interminable waits at A&E have effectively become the norm for the SNP, this cannot be allowed to continue.

"Scottish Liberal Democrats would overhaul the NHS Recovery Plan, bring forward an urgent inquiry into the hundreds of avoidable deaths linked to the emergency care crisis and implement measures which will meaningfully tackle burnout among staff.”