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Nats 'more concerned with cuts commission than NHS'
Conrad Landin reports from Holyrood
Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard

NATIONALIST politicians are more concerned with their “cuts commission” than cutting NHS waiting times, Richard Leonard said today.

The Scottish Labour leader once again used his weekly First Minister’s questions slot to highlight failings in his country’s health service.

Earlier this week, new stats showed that NHS Scotland had failed to meet an array of targets set by the SNP government.

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