The next item of business is First Minister's questions at question number one.

I call Russell Finley.

This week's programme for Government promises to deliver 100,000 more GP appointments.

But Public Health Scotland says that over the past year there were 500,000 fewer GP appointments

than in the year before John Swinney became First Minister.

BMA Scotland says the SMP's pledge is equivalent to just one extra day of appointments, an increase of less than 1%.

And that's if the SNP even delivers it.

Public Health Scotland data also reveals that in the first three months of 2025, the number of GP appointments was the worst on record.

The SNP's programme for government is a pathetic con.

Is the limit of John Swinney's ambition to undo a small amount of the damage inflicted by John Swinney.

First Minister

The programme for Government set out the steps that we are taking to expand capacity within the health service to meet the demand for appointments

with GPs. Yes, it includes the delivery of 100,000 additional appointments that will be available

through GPs to look at particular high risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol,

obesity and smoking. But there will also be an expansion of the availability

of pharmacy first services which are designed to meet healthcare needs of individuals where

relevant and also includes the expansion of the availability of Ireland health practitioners

within frontline healthcare services with a commitment to expand the funding available to primary

care services as a greater

proportion of new NHS funding.

The combination of these factors will make an impact on the access to GP services in Scotland.

Russell Finley.

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