Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has told Scots “I am sorry” over long waits for treatment in our crisis-hit NHS.
With three-quarters of a million people now waiting for treatment, appointments and tests, Yousaf told the Daily Record in an exclusive interview: “Everybody languishing on a waiting list is clearly an unacceptable situation. If you or a family member have waited for an ambulance too long, waited for treatment for too long, I am sorry.”
The under-fire Health Secretary told the Record he would leave “no stone unturned” to try to avoid a winter crisis in our hospitals. With waiting times at an all-time high, the ambulance service in crisis and a series of damaging strikes planned over pay, Yousaf insisted he was on top of the situation and rejected opposition calls to quit.
