Meeting of the Parliament 02 May 2018
I think the interesting stat is the number of the health secretary’s constituents who want her to go. Let us talk about that. A poll for The Courier showed that 73 per cent of people in Dundee want the cabinet secretary to go.
Scotland’s NHS needs change that starts right at the top of the organisation, because the First Minister has misplaced loyalties. Her loyalty should be to Scotland’s NHS, not to her friend. I ask the First Minister to do the right thing for NHS staff and patients and, for the sake of Scotland’s NHS, sack this failing health secretary. [Interruption.]
I move amendment S5M-11984.1, to insert at end:
“; further believes that all NHS boards are experiencing financial pressures, which are added to by a need to deliver financial efficiencies; notes the patient care issues that are being experienced by boards across Scotland, as evidenced by consecutive Audit Scotland reports showing that seven out of eight key performance standards, including cancer waiting times, are not being met; understands that BMA Scotland believes that many staff are ‘under pressure like never before’, and considers that, as well as financial accountability, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport should be equally accountable for the staffing and patient care issues that are being experienced in Scotland’s health service.”
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