link.While Mr Simpson says that everything must be done to tackle rising Covid cases, they say the SNP must not forget about patients who are lying waiting for vital operations in North and South Lanarkshire.They have called on the SNP Government to urgently ensure that NHS Lanarkshire frontline staff are given the full resources to ensure patients are given urgent clarification as to whether their operations will go ahead or not.Mr Simpson said: “While we must do we all we can to tackle the rise in Covid cases, the SNP must ensure patients in NHS Lanarkshire who are waiting for vital operations are not simply forgotten about.“It is concerning that a potential 11, 431 operations will have been cancelled or put on hold in the last six.
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