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Dame Jackie Baillie is MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour’s deputy leader and her party’s spokesperson for health

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John Swinney has defended the SNP's introduction of walk-in GP clinics despite complaints from doctors and reports that some are hardly being used (Picture: Jane Barlow/pool)

SNP's plans may sound good, but here's why there's a problem Jackie Baillie

Scottish Labour has long campaigned for 'Milly’s Law' in honour of Milly Main, seen with her mother Kimberly Darroch, who died after contracting an infection at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in 2017

SNP's culture of secrecy has infected NHS, putting patients at risk Jackie Baillie

The A83 over the Rest is a crucial transport link

Glossy photocalls can't hide SNP's failure to deliver Jackie Baillie

Former SNP first minister Nicola Sturgeon

We won't deliver on education by burying heads in sand on SNP failures Jackie Baillie

John Swinney should dismiss Justice Secretary Neil Gray, a former Health Secretary, from his Cabinet (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Swinney must sack Gray after shock revelation about Monklands hospital Jackie Baillie

A wildfire burning near Nethy Bridge in Cairngorms National Park

As wildfire risk grows, guess what the SNP has been cutting by £900m Jackie Baillie

Andy Burnham announced his government's plan to 'finally end long-term rough sleeping across the UK at the earliest opportunity' on his first day as Prime Minister (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

Why Burnham can succeed on rough sleeping where the SNP have failed Jackie Baillie

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SNP must act over ambulances forced to queue outside hospitals Jackie Baillie

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Six reasons why we need a Murrell inquiry to restore trust in politics Jackie Baillie

Nicola Sturgeon should have taken action after the party treasurer Douglas Chapman resigned and Peter Murrell had to loan the party money to cover its cash-flow problems (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Swinney must stop defending Sturgeon and back Murrell scandal inquiry Jackie Baillie

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, seen arriving at Edinburgh High Court, pled guilty to embezzling more than £400,000 from the party (Picture: Jane Barlow)

Public must be told why Murrell court hearing was held after election Jackie Baillie

John Swinney, seen visiting the National Blood Transfusion Service in Edinburgh, needs to focus on delivering for the people of Scotland (Picture: Peter Summers)

SNP can't put independence before NHS waiting list crisis Jackie Baillie

The Scottish Government has work to do to fix the NHS's problems (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

SNP's first priority must be to restore public confidence in NHS Jackie Baillie

It's real votes that count, not opinion polls (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Don't believe the polls. Why the Scottish election is all to play for Jackie Baillie

While not all women will give birth, those who do often find themselves relying on NHS services like never before (Picture: Hannah McKay/pool)

Four-year wait for surgery? How NHS chaos leaves women in pain Jackie Baillie

The SNP wasted tens of thousands of pounds trying to keep the Salmond Files secret (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

If elected, Labour will publish all the files on the SNP's scandals Jackie Baillie

Vaccination rates and faith in healthcare go hand in hand (Picture: David Greedy)

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital scandal has hit vaccination rates Jackie Baillie

The continuity of care achieved by having a family doctor is vital (Picture: Tom Stoddart)

Why SNP's walk-in GP centre is seen as pre-election gimmick by doctors Jackie Baillie

The number of shoplifting offences in Scotland has soared in recent years (Picture: Leon Neal)

Tiny number of shoplifting convictions shows SNP just does not care Jackie Baillie

Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry chair Lord MacLean with a copy of his report into the Clostridium difficile outbreak (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

34 deaths that should have helped prevent QEUH infection scandal Jackie Baillie

The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

The shocking missed warnings in the hospital infection deaths scandal Jackie Baillie

Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond, the two most powerful people in Scotland for years, fell out spectacularly (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

How SNP wastes millions on botched legal cases and keeping secrets Jackie Baillie

Convicted rapist Isla Bryson, formerly known as Adam Graham, was initially sent to a women's prison (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

SNP's approach to trans women in female prisons lacks common sense Jackie Baillie

The Scottish Government has real power over people's lives with, for example, responsibility for this country's emergency services (Picture: Jane Barlow)

SNP and Reform UK will never fix Scotland's broken public services Jackie Baillie

We all need to know that an ambulance will be there for us if we need one (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Why you better hope you never need an ambulance in SNP's Scotland Jackie Baillie

SNP's neglect of Scotland's colleges has more than a whiff of snobbery Jackie Baillie

Parents just want their kids to be happy (Picture: Rob Stothard)

SNP complicit in betrayal of children with mental health problems Jackie Baillie

Since 2007, there have been more than 130 major health strategies – averaging one every seven weeks – but the NHS's problems are only getting deeper (Picture: Jeff Moore)

Damning report on NHS shows why Scotland needs Labour to fix it Jackie Baillie