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First £30m cash injection announced to cut waiting lists in Scottish NHS
Neil Gray arrives at Bute House, Edinburgh, after newly appointed First Minister of Scotland John Swinney was sworn in at the Court of Session, May 8, 2024
NHS Scotland will receive a £30 million cash injection as the service continues to struggle post-Covid and with chronic understaffing.
Then first minister Humza Yousaf pledged £100m over three years last October in an effort to cut waiting lists by 100,000.
Now SNP Health Secretary Neil Gray has announced the first £30m tranche will be targeted at areas where wait-times are most acute: cancer care, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, dermatology and diagnostics.
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