On a point of order, Presiding Officer. On 21 October 2011, the then Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy, Nicola Sturgeon, said:
“I have made improved care for the elderly a personal priority. The NHS and local authorities need to work together to ensure that fewer and fewer older people are left languishing in hospital unnecessarily.”
During today’s national health service debate, I referred to that comment and to the fact that, at the time, 200,000 bed days were being lost to the NHS each year as a result of delayed discharge, whereas today the number of lost bed days is more than 400,000. When I said that, Maureen Watt, the Minister for Public Health, accused me of misleading the Parliament and said that the figures are wrong. Will you allow her to come back to the Parliament tomorrow to correct the record?
Mr Findlay, that is not a point of order. I have said repeatedly that what members say in the chamber is a matter for them and them alone. The minister is listening to you and, if she indicates that she wishes to speak tomorrow, I will give her the time to do so. She is making no indication that she wishes to do so.
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