By Lucy Ashton
Jackie Baillie has branded Humza Yousaf’s time as Health Secretary “catastrophic” as new figures reveal NHS waiting lists in Greater Glasgow and Clyde soaring on his watch.
At the end of March, as Humza Yousaf departed as Health Secretary, there were 234,827 people in Greater Glasgow and Clyde on an NHS waiting list.
This is a shocking 51 percent increase since the same point in 2021, shortly after Humza Yousaf took over the role.
Across Scotland waiting lists are at a record high, with around 1 in every 7 Scots currently on an NHS waiting list.
Labour health spokesperson Jackie Baillie and FM Humza Yousaf.
Scottish Labour branded this a “national emergency” and called for the Scottish Government to support NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and implement a real NHS catch-up plan.
Dumbarton constituency MSP, Jackie Baillie said: “People in my constituency, across Dumbarton, the Vale of Leven, Balloch, Helensburgh and Lomond have been badly let down by this incompetent SNP government and their disastrous stewardship of our NHS.
“It should worry us all that First Minister Humza Yousaf left behind such a catastrophic legacy as Health Secretary.
“Despite the tireless efforts of NHS staff, record numbers of Scots are stuck languishing on NHS waiting lists, including 234,827 people in Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
“Blame for this national emergency lies squarely with Humza Yousaf and his failed NHS recovery plan, which saw waiting lists in Greater Glasgow and Clyde spiral by 51 percent after the pandemic.
“The SNP government must support our NHS and deliver a real catch-up plan to help it recover from the damage inflicted by both the pandemic and by this disastrous government.”
Total NHS waiting lists (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic):
| NHS Board of treatment | March 2023
|
March 2021
|
Increase
|
| NHS Scotland | 779,533 | 549,134 | 42% |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 57,545 | 48,333 | 19% |
| NHS Borders | 16,903 | 9,663 | 75% |
| NHS Dumfries & Galloway | 18,923 | 12,342 | 53% |
| NHS Fife | 41,574 | 27,030 | 54% |
| NHS Forth Valley | 28,801 | 22,107 | 30% |
| NHS Grampian | 76,725 | 54,289 | 41% |
| NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 234,827 | 155,448 | 51% |
| NHS Highland | 34,574 | 23,240 | 49% |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 88,427 | 50,848 | 74% |
| NHS Lothian | 123,481 | 98,513 | 25% |
| NHS Orkney | 1,802 | 1,237 | 46% |
| NHS Shetland | 1,632 | 1,547 | 5% |
| NHS Tayside | 49,363 | 39,761 | 24% |
| NHS Western Isles | 2,334 | 1,654 | 41% |
Source: Diagnostics; Outpatients & Inpatients
Top picture: Local health board headquarters at Gartnavel.
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