A politician has been blasted over "tone deaf" comments as he hailed "record" investment in health from Scotland's government - amid a string of dismal Accident and Emergency figures.
MSP Tom Arthur heralded the Holyrood government's role in earmarking "record funding" for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde for the coming year, saying it demonstrates that "only the SNP can be trusted to protect Scotland's NHS".
But the remarks fly in the face of evidence from burnt out staff and NHS data, which shows that Paisley's Royal Alexandra Hospital is regularly seeing less than 60 per cent of emergency patients within Scottish Government timescales.