Hospital wait times a serious risk to health

Sir, – Week after week we are getting dreadful reports about Scottish hospital waiting times and ambulance services in meltdown and week after week we listen to Humza Yousaf telling us that things are going to take five years to get better.

In the meantime patients are suffering and dying as a direct result of the devolved NHS Scotland services failing to provide adequate medical services.

In real terms NHS Scotland has been starved of funding by the SNP and Scotland’s healthcare standards are now well below acceptable levels. Dennis Forbes Grattan. Mugiemoss Road, Bucksburn.