BMA Scotland’s warning that the NHS “is dying before our very eyes” should be a call to arms.

The union’s poll has revealed just how many Scots are using private healthcare. The problem lies in long waiting lists, with one in six Scots currently awaiting treatment.

This is a long-standing problem which the SNP government must do more to tackle. Its failure to do so is driving more and more Scots towards private medical care.

Nearly a third of those surveyed have either used private healthcare in the last two years or lives with someone who has.

This is a damning reflection of the Scottish Government’s running of the NHS and should be causing alarm bells to ring.

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