The First Minister is expected to make the announcement during a meeting with healthcare officials later on Monday.

First Minister John Swinney will set out his strategy to revive the NHS - by creating thousands of extra appointments and a ...

John Swinney unveils plans to modernise Scotland’s NHS, promising 150,000 more appointments, increased GP funding, and digital health innovations.

“The approach I set out today charts our course ... the problems in our NHS. “Delayed discharge levels are at record highs, one in six Scots are stuck on a waiting list, thousands of ...

In reality, as the chart below shows, NHS England has not reached this level of performance ... NHS Confederation analysis looking at both the current waiting list and expected demand in the coming ...

Download this chart Figure 3: Men and younger adults were more likely ... Among those currently on an NHS hospital waiting list (15%), around half (48%) strongly agreed or agreed that being on a ...

Labour MP Deirdre Costigan appears to be the latest politician to have confused the number of people on the NHS waiting list with the number of cases. Ms Costigan, who is also a member of the Health ...

Hospitals have also been ordered to focus on reducing the NHS waiting list. Every year, health leaders in England publish national planning guidance for the health service which sets out key ...