First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, wearing a Tartan face mask during a visit to New Look at Ford Kinaird Retail Park in Edinburgh. PA Photo. Picture date: Friday June 26, 2020. The First Minister viewed some of the changes in shops ahead of the gradual
NICOLA Sturgeon will today launch her manifesto for a fourth consecutive SNP term with a vow to increase spending on frontline health services by 20 per cent.
The First Minister will commit to an above-inflation £2.5billion rise in spending over the next five years to help the NHS recover and clear backlogs after the Covid pandemic.
However the sum is in line with NHS spending in the last five years, when it rose from £12.6bn in 2016/17 to just over £15bn in cash terms by the end of 2020/21.