HEALTH Secretary Neil Grey at the moment refused to decide to assembly A&E wait targets by 2026.
And that prompted rivals final night time to insist the SNP’s NHS pledges “usually are not well worth the paper they’re written on”.
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The Nats Authorities’s purpose of 95 per cent of A&E sufferers being admitted, transferred or discharged inside 4 hours has not been met since July 2020, on the top of the Covid pandemic.
And the determine slumped to simply 67.3 per cent earlier this month.
The Scottish Solar grilled Mr Grey on the topic as he visited Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank, close to Glasgow.
He mentioned: “I’d love to have the ability to set a date however we are able to see the pressures on the well being service right here in Scotland, as there are elsewhere within the UK.
“We’ve bought higher A&E ready instances than England and Wales.”
The minister was requested whether or not an achievable goal can be 2026, when the following Holyrood election is because of be held.
Mr Grey informed us: “I’m not going to set a goal date.
“I’m seeking to attempt to make sustainable enhancements within the targets.
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“I settle for too many individuals are ready too lengthy for therapy time assure procedures, most cancers ready instances and accident and emergency.”
Scots Lib Dem chief Alex Cole-Hamilton mentioned: “On the SNP’s watch, these targets usually are not well worth the paper they’re written on.”
Labour’s Dame Jackie Baillie added: “There’s a cause why Neil Grey is dodging questions.
“The thought of him assembly his targets is a fairy story.”
