The number of NHS operations is up on the year before, according to latest statistics.
Long waits are down for 11 months in a row, and we exceeded our target of 150,000 extra appointments and procedures.
More to do, but this is good progress. Thank you to our NHS staff. ๐
ALT Infographic with an image of John Swinney talking to a patient on a hospital bed, with text below: More NHS operations, long waits down, over 168,000 additional appointments. Continued progress in our NHS.