The Latest Breaking News from Humza Yousaf

Scottish Government allocates £8m to 'buy out' care home beds to tackle NHS backlog

The Health Secretary made a ministerial statement in Holyrood on Tuesday afternoon on the pressures facing the NHS

The National (Scotland) · Jan 10, 2023

Tory MSP denies knowledge of England's NHS crisis in car-crash interview

WHEN is an NHS crisis not an NHS crisis? When it’s happening in England – at least if the Scottish Tories are to be believed ...

The National (Scotland) · Jan 10, 2023

UK Government ‘not handing over any new cash for NHS’, health secretary says

HUMZA Yousaf has said the UK Government has failed to give any extra funding to deal with pressures on the health budget in Scotland.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 10, 2023

Scotland’s hospitals almost ‘completely full’, warns Sturgeon

The First Minister has set out measures to address the growing pressures facing the NHS in Scotland.

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023

Nicola Sturgeon to answer questions on NHS crisis as patients face record waiting times

The First Minister will be joined by Humza Yousaf and Dr Gregor Smith for a live media briefing in Edinburgh today.

Daily Record · Jan 9, 2023

Health unions call for 'trash talking' to end and push for national NHS conversation

UNION leaders have called for a national debate on the future of the NHS involving the public, instead of opposition politicians “playing the…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 8, 2023

Forty people dying every week in Scots A&E crisis as politicians demand action

Medics, unions and opposition politicians have called it a “catastrophe” and demanded Health Secretary Humza Yousaf takes action immediately.

Daily Record · Jan 8, 2023

Nicola Sturgeon intervenes in NHS crisis by holding key meeting

NICOLA Sturgeon has held a key meeting on the crisis facing the NHS to discuss how to alleviate pressures on the health and social system.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 6, 2023

Call in the Army to boost capacity across the NHS in Scotland, urges Labour

Soldiers were brought in to drive ambulances during the height of the covid pandemic and Labour has now called for similar action.

Daily Record · Jan 6, 2023

Scots NHS in 'crisis’ but England’s only faces ‘challenges’, Scottish Tories claim

THE Scottish Tories have refused to say that there is a “crisis” in the NHS in England – despite using the term to describe the situation…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 4, 2023