Public think quality of health services has declined under SNP

Scotland in Union
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Public satisfaction with their local health services plummeted in the period since the SNP came to power, it has been revealed.

New data has revealed 83 per cent considered themselves to be “satisfied” with services like GPs and local hospitals in 2007.

However, by 2024 that had dropped to just 61 per cent, Scottish Government figures have shown.

According to the 2024 Scottish Household Survey, the decrease from 2023 to this year was another six per cent, signalling a worrying trend ahead of the next Holyrood election in May.

In 2024, 30 per cent said they were actively dissatisfied, while nine per cent said they were neutral on the topic.

In comparison, in 2007, just 11 per cent of the Scottish public said they were dissatisfied, while six per cent said neither.

Scotland in Union, the largest pro-UK campaign organisation, said the figures supplied evidence of how the SNP had eroded the quality of health services across the country.

Alastair Cameron, chair of Scotland in Union, said:

“The SNP has been in sole charge of Scotland’s NHS since 2007.

“The evidence is now clear that in that time public satisfaction with their health services has plummeted.

“The nationalists cannot blame anyone for this but themselves.

“All over Scotland people are struggling to get GP appointments, facing huge waits at accident and emergency, and experiencing serious delays on NHS waiting lists.

“The SNP has had its chance to run Scotland’s health service and failed miserably.

“This is why the nationalists must be voted out in May.”

The full report can be seen here.

It shows the following satisfaction levels among the public for their local health services

2007/08 – 83 per cent

2009/10 – 86 per cent

2011 – 88 per cent

2012 – 87 per cent

2013 – 85 per cent

2014 – 86 per cent

2015 – 83 per cent

2016 – 83 per cent