SNP and Health Waiting Times

Thousands of Scots are waiting years for simple yet life-changing surgery like cataract operations and knee replacements.

They'd be happy to be treated in the private sector if this helped speed things up.

Many have been forced to pay for such treatment already of course.


Scotland's Failing Health Service, SNP and Porkie Pies (December 09, 2021)

On Andrew Marr's programme the other week Nicola Sturgeon used the example of cataract operations to justify why Scotland has far fewer NHS beds these days.

The First Minister argued that for the likes of cataract operations people spend less time in hospital that they did years ago.

But this is a deliberate deception, dissembling nonsense, a blatant lie in plain language - because the real problem is that people can't get cataract operations done on the NHS these days.

In Glasgow, for example, there is a year's wait just to get on the waiting list, followed by another potential two year wait to have your eyesight finally restored.

Meanwhile if you have £2,500 to £3,500 to spare, you can have the operation done privately in a matter of days and  Covid isn't being used as a convenient excuse - in fact business is booming!

NB - the SNP have been running Scotland's health service for the past 14 years.

Scotland's Failing Health Service, SNP and Porkie Pies (December 09, 2021)

On Andrew Marr's programme the other week Nicola Sturgeon used the example of cataract operations to justify why Scotland has far fewer NHS beds these days.

The First Minister argued that for the likes of cataract operations people spend less time in hospital that they did years ago.

But this is a deliberate deception, dissembling nonsense, a blatant lie in plain language - because the real problem is that people can't get cataract operations done on the NHS these days.

In Glasgow, for example, there is a year's wait just to get on the waiting list, followed by another potential two year wait to have your eyesight finally restored.

Meanwhile if you have £2,500 to £3,500 to spare, you can have the operation done privately in a matter of days and  Covid isn't being used as a convenient excuse - in fact business is booming!

NB - the SNP have been running Scotland's health service for the past 14 years.

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