SNP SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT ACTION TO CUT WAITING LISTS IN MIDLOTHIAN NORTH & MUSSELBURGH

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN CAPACITY AND EASIER ACCESS TO GP APPOINTMENTS 

First Minister John Swinney's plan to improve the NHS, will ensure lower waiting times and easier access to GP appointments for people in Midlothian North & Musselburgh Colin Beattie has said.

The plan outlined by the First Minister follows the SNP Scottish Government announcing record funding for the NHS in its budget last month – with funding for health and social care increased to £21 billion, with £2,113.00 for frontline services delivered by NHS Lothian.

The First Minister announced plans to ​ 150,000 more appointments and procedures, as well as a £10.5 million increase in funding for GPs and a pledge to invest a greater proportion of new NHS funding to primary and community care.

A new app will also be created for the NHS in Scotland under the plans, which the First Minister described as the “digital front door” to the health service.
 
Commenting, SNP MSP Colin Beattie said:

“The plans outlined by First Minister John Swinney will make a real difference to people in Midlothian North & Musselburgh - ensuring that people get the care they require in good time by making it easier to get a GP appointment and cutting waiting times.

“The NHS plays a vital role in all our lives and is there when we and our families need it.  I know many people in Midlothian North & Musselburgh have been calling for exactly this type of leadership to drive improvement in our NHS.  We have listened and we have taken action - that is what you get with a John Swinney Government.

“Improving patient's experience of our NHS is vitally important to the SNP Government, which is why we have announced record funding for the health and care frontline services of £21 billion in the Scottish Budget.

“Whilst the UK Labour Government has hit the NHS and care services with increases in National Insurance Contributions and continues to hint at increased privatisation in the NHS, the SNP is backing the NHS with record funding and a clear path for modernisation and renewal - and that is a mission I know that people in Midlothian North & Musselburgh will all be able to get behind."
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