SCOTLAND’S NHS PAYS FOR BROWN’S BANKRUPT BRITAIN

SCOTLAND’S NHS PAYS FOR BROWN’S BANKRUPT BRITAIN
£44 MILLION TAX HIKE EQUIVALENT TO 2000 NURSES
The rise in National Insurance is set to take £44 million out of Scotland’s NHS budget as frontline services are hit to bankroll the Treasury.

The £44 million tax bill for 2011 is equal to the pay of over 2000 nurses in Scotland’s hospitals.
In contrast the SNP Government has protected the NHS budget for the coming year as the party prioritised frontline services.

SNP MSP and Health Committee member Michael Matheson said Gordon Brown was robbing Scotland’s health service to pay for his economic mismanagement.

“This is a straight cut to Scotland’s health service.
“Far from protecting health spending Gordon Brown has imposed a £44 million cut on Scotland’s NHS.
“Scotland’s health service is being robbed to pay for Gordon Brown’s economic mismanagement.
“The National Insurance rise will take £44 million out of Scotland’s health service, money that could fund over 2000 nurses.

“Scotland’s NHS is already set to feel the heat of the UK’s spending squeeze now Labour have used sleight of hand to cut a further £44 million from Scotland’s budget."