A Scottish Government minister has admitted using private healthcare at a time the NHS is struggling to meet demand. Lorna Slater, the co-leader of the Greens, revealed the perk when publishing her personal tax returns this week.
It comes at a time thousands of Scots face record waiting times at A&E departments and massive backlogs for non-emergency treatments. The tax returns of Slater and her co-leader Patrick Harvie were quietly published online on Tuesday evening after Nicola Sturgeon publicly shared hers the day before.
The Lothians MSP joined the government in 2021 as minister for the circular economy after a power-sharing deal was signed between the SNP and the Greens. Slater worked as an engineer before entering politics and received private healthcare through her job with the renewable energy firm Orbital Marine Power.
