Five ways Scotland's NHS is struggling from A&E to dentistry

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John Swinney laid out his plan to improve Scotland's NHS in a speech in Edinburgh on Monday.The First Minister admitted delays have been too long and Scots are not getting “the right care in the right place at the right time”.

From A&E to dentistry, here are five ways Scotland's health service is struggling.During First Minister's Questions, opposition leaders often raise the figure that almost one in six Scots are on NHS waiting lists.

The number is over 800,000, with tens of thousands of Scots waiting more than a year for tests or treatment.Labour has said this is forcing people to go private.

The total number of private hospital admissions in Scotland last year amounted to 21,000 - with a quarter of all hip and knee arthroplasty operations performed last year were done privately.John Swinney has acknowledged this is a problem and vowed to bring down the waiting lists by the ends of the year.Scotland's accident and emergency departments have been at the frontline of the crisis in the NHS.