Humza Yousaf has written to the UK Health Secretary Steve Barclay asking for more funding to help avert industrial action later this winter.
Humza Yousaf branded 'worst health secretary since devolution' as Labour warns over winter crisis
26.10.2022 - 18:27 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Humza Yousaf has been branded the "worst health secretary since devolution" by Labour in a row over how prepared the NHS is for winter.
Jackie Baillie, the party's health spokeswoman, launched a blistering attack on the Scottish Government today over its handling of under-pressure hospitals.
She told MSPs during a debate at Holyrood that "thousands of people are waiting more than eight hours every week across Scotland" in A&E wards.
Yousaf, the Cabinet Secretary for Health, admitted the service was struggling but insisted he had already taken measures to prepare it for winter.
Baillie said: "These delays have the most serious of consequences. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine tell us that delays in A&E lead to worse outcomes and ultimately cost lives.
"The NHS stands on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. The hard-working staff are doing their very best but they are exhausted.
"They get angry when the health secretary doesn't hear what they are saying. And they are in despair at the lack of support for them and for their patients."
The Dumbarton MSP repeated a warning from medical experts that "many of the components" of the Scottish Government's previously announced winter reliance plan "will not be in place to prevent further harm to patients and staff this winter".
And she claimed the winter plan contained "no new resources" and relied entirely on previously announced funding.
She added: "I can say, without fear of contradiction, that Humza Yousaf is absolutely the worst health secretary since devolution."
But Yousaf attacked Labour for failing to mention the huge impact of coronavirus on the health service.
He said: "There is nobody in this government who denies the NHS is under significant pressure. Of course it is.
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