Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to scrap plans to create a National Care Service amid uncertainty over how much it will cost.
Alex Cole-Hamilton claimed that centralising care services - which are currently overseen by local authorities - would create a "billion pound bureaucracy" at a time public spending was already being cut.
The Scottish Lib Dem leader said it would be "unthinkable" for the Scottish Government to pursue its flagship health policy given the pressures already facing the NHS.
