Thank you. That concludes general questions. The next item of Business's First Minister's questions.

And at question number one, I call Russell Finley.

Thank you, President.

From day one, we told the SNP that Humza-Yusuf's NHS recovery plan would not help patients.

That was back in 2021.

And only now, Humzaa Yousuf's big promises are finally in the bin.

All these years have been wasted while patients suffered,

and John Swinney insisted that everything was going great.

He has now grandly announced all the same ideas

that the SNP have already failed to deliver.

But still, with absolutely no credible explanation about how any of it will actually be achieved.

So how can John Swinney expect anyone to believe that he will ever deliver his recycled

promises?

First Minister

At the start of the week, I set out the Government's focus, which will be on three key areas,

on ensuring the resources are used to have the greatest effect, an impact on driving down

waiting times and clearing treatment backlogs, on reform of the system to deliver the right

care in the right place, and a long-term shift to prevention.

We will accomplish that by making sure that we provide the necessary policy direction,

which I have just set out, and

also the resources which will be included in the Government's budget with the biggest settlement

for the Health Service.

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