Audit Scotland said last year that the Scottish National Party had “no vision” for the NHS and was not delivering, and this year it is forced to repeat itself. Not only does the SNP have no clear vision for the NHS, it has no plan. After 17 years, the SNP has weakened the NHS—there has been no effective reform. John Swinney has been at the helm of the Government either as finance secretary or as Deputy First Minister. He is not an innocent bystander. This is a crisis of the SNP’s making.
Record resources are now available, but they need to be accompanied by reform and political leadership. Talk is cheap, and action from the SNP is missing. Is it any wonder that the people of Scotland have lost trust in this Government to deliver for staff and patients in our NHS?
