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Fixing the NHS: where do you start?

After John Swinney promised tens of thousands of extra NHS appointments, the team discuss the First Minister鈥檚 health service plan. With Martin Geissler and Laura Miller.

John Swinney is promising tens of thousands of extra NHS appointments: how is his government going to deliver them?

We reflect on the First Minister's latest plan for the health service with Cancer Research UK鈥檚 Dr Sorcha Hume, a former junior doctor, and pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick, whose industry is absorbing an increasing number of potential GP appointments.

Get in touch with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and the rest of the Scotcast team by emailing scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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Tue 28 Jan 2025 00:00

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