ANAS SARWAR

LEADER OF THE SCOTTISH LABOUR PARTY EVERY SECOND MONDAY

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THERESA May was Prime Minister. We had enjoyed a summer heatwave. France had just won the World Cup. And no one had even heard of Covid 19.

The year was 2018, which feels a world away from today.

But today it has been revealed that, under the SNP, someone has waited on an NHS waiting list since 2018.

Seven years. A pandemic. Six prime ministers. Three first ministers. A new King and a new Pope.

And still the SNP has failed to deliver the care this person needs.

But this is just one example of the NHS crisis the SNP has presided over.

On its watch, we have a patient waiting six-and-a-half years for gynaecology.

More than six years for general surgery. A child has been waiting more than five-and-a-half years for paediatric surgery.