I, too, wish everybody in the Parliament a happy new year, and I say as gently as I can to the health secretary that former SNP health secretary Alex Neil was scathing in his comments about the Government’s turning a corner on the NHS, describing that claim as “rubbish”.

The resident doctors’ strike is scheduled to start in one week—on 13 January. However, in one of Scotland’s largest health boards—NHS Lothian—staff are still waiting to hear what contingency arrangements will be put in place. What arrangements are being made to ensure that patients can still access healthcare in the event that the strikes go ahead?