Sarwar Vows to Cut NHS Wait Times, Blames SNP

0:00On March 2, 8th, Scottish labor leader Anna Sarwar has promised to cut NHS waiting times and stop the morning rush for general practitioner, appointments. He says his party will fix core problems in Scotland's health service by bringing back to family doctor and using new technology for quicker, diagnoses and treatments. The plans also include creating 9,000 skilled apprenticeships, building more homes and reducing government waste to help make life easier for, working people. Sarwar blames two decades of Scottish National Party rule for leaving the health service in tough shape. Patients face huge backlogs, with waiting lists up by more than 237,000 since the Scottish National Party's 20. 21 recovery promises. Now there are seven-hander 80,000 ongoing weights, and cases lasting over two years have jumped 5 fold from 1200 to 6,400. Health Secretary Neil Gray pushed back, saying the health service has turned a corner

1:01under First Minister John Swinney's watch. He pointed to falling waiting times, rising general practitioner numbers, more operations, and new walk-in clinics popping up across communities. With the Holy Root election coming up on May 7, Sarwar, a former NHS dentist, calls the situation of personal crisis that Scotland can ignore for another five years. Doctors will decide if it's time for change and how care is delivered.