Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 11 June 2026 [Last updated 19:16]
11 Jun 2026 · S7 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
General Question Time
NHS Tayside (Recruitment Freeze)
We are committed to building on progress. There is always more to do. Since July last year, long waits have fallen significantly, with new out-patient waits of more than a year down by 76 per cent and in-patient day-case waits of more than a year down by almost half. That has been underpinned by increased activity that is delivered by our dedicated staff, including more than 168,000 additional appointments and procedures last year and a 7 per cent increase in operations over the past 12 months.
In the same item of business
Michael Marra (North East Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact of NHS Tayside’s recruitment freeze on patient care and waiting times across Dundee ...
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Care (Angela Constance)
SNP
The Scottish Government leads on the co-ordination of national activity designed to grow and retain the national health service workforce in line with servic...
Michael Marra
Lab
I find deeply disappointing the idea that the Government does not have any position on a recruitment freeze in NHS Tayside for critical posts involved in car...
Angela Constance
SNP
I very much appreciate Mr Marra’s concern, even if I nonetheless believe that it is somewhat misplaced. He might be relieved to know that NHS Tayside is maki...
Heather Anderson (Dundee City West) (SNP)
SNP
I thank Mr Marra for his interest in waiting times across NHS Tayside, and I share some of his concerns. However, I am very conscious that the Scottish Natio...
Angela Constance
SNP
We are committed to building on progress. There is always more to do. Since July last year, long waits have fallen significantly, with new out-patient waits ...