BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime"Anything that sends us back to the old days I think, clearly, is crazy," Sir Harry said. "People want to live longer, healthy lives and there are ways of doing that.
"These damning minutes show just how much harm Humza Yousaf and the SNP have done to our NHS," she said. "Despite Humza Yousaf's protestations, the privatisation of Scotland's NHS seems to be under active consideration by the SNP," he added.The health secretary has said the health service "must always" be based on individual patient need and "any suggestion" that it should be about the ability to pay was "abhorrent".
"Healthcare workers cannot do any more than they are currently doing - we need to be honest that the entire workforce is on its knees. NHS boards have a nigh on impossible task in making the budgets provided deliver everything that is being asked by the Scottish government. And there have already been clear warnings from doctors and nursing staff that things are unsafe and standards have dropped.Against this backdrop, it is no surprise that reform is being discussed at the very highest level. But to see in black and white such radical ideas from NHS chief executives - even contemplating things like designing a two-tier system or pausing spending on drugs development - is extraordinary.
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