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Sturgeon ‘starving NHS Scotland of cash’
New report says health boards have made over £1 billion in cuts since First Minister took office
On the attack: Richard Leonard

NICOLA STURGEON was accused of starving Scotland’s NHS of cash today, after new analysis showed health boards had made over £1 billion of cuts since she took office.

At First Minister’s Questions (FMQs), Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard said she had presided over an “abject failure” to properly fund healthcare north of the border.

A new auditors’ report found yesterday that NHS Scotland is not financially sustainable and its performance is continuing to decline.

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