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âWhat is the likely outcome of next yearâs Scottish election?â. Watch what the Question Time panel said on this audience question. Catch up with the whole of this weekâs #bbcqt from St Andrews, on @BBCSounds and @BBCiPlayer now:
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âIs the NHS in Scotland âdying before our eyesâ?â. Watch what the Question Time panel said on this audience question. Catch up with the whole of this weekâs #bbcqt from St Andrews, on @BBCSounds and @BBCiPlayer now:
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Thank you for joining us tonight for our final programme of this series. We'll be back after the summer for a brand new series of Question Time. Keep an eye out for future locations and apply to be in the #bbcqt audience here:
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âWe need to look wider because the problems of Scotlandâs NHS donât stop with waiting listsâ. Conservative Andrew Bowie says Scotland âalready has a two-tiered system for healthcareâ and issues with NHS Scotland are âfar deeperâ than waiting lists. #bbcqt
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âThose of us who have been around a wee bit have had lots of big promises made about the health serviceâ. Lesley Riddoch says successive UK governments have created an âutterly unsustainableâ NHS, and an independent Scotland could invest more in public services. #bbcqt
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âThe NHS isnât working in its current system, it does have to be looked atâ. Reform UKâs Thomas Kerr says the number of people seeking private healthcare shows âhow far we have fallenâ, but the NHS will not improve by âthrowing money at itâ . #bbcqt
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âPut bluntly, I donât believe the NHS will survive a third decade of John Swinney and the SNPâ. Scottish Labourâs Anas Sarwar says the waiting times for NHS Scotland patients are âcompletely unacceptableâ and there is a âneed for changeâ. #bbcqt
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âWe know that there are still people that are waiting too long and we know that there is more to doâŠthatâs exactly why weâre driving the improvement throughâ. The SNPâs Shirley-Anne Somerville accepts there are âchallengesâ with NHS Scotland but it is âseeing improvementâ
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Question Time is now on @BBCOne!. You can also watch tonight's episode on @BBCiPlayer or listen back on @BBCSounds. Join the conversation using #bbcqt
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âThis is not a snowflake generation, this is serious, serious mental health issuesâ. Journalist Lesley Riddoch says we live in a more âprecariousâ and âadversarialâ society, and Labourâs proposed welfare cuts are âunnecessaryâ and âdemeaningâ. #bbcqt
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âIf you want to fix welfare you need to make sure that work pays⊠you donât do it by just cuttingâ. Reform UKâs Thomas Kerr says while the welfare budget is âballooningâ, the welfare reform bill needs âproper consultationâ and is being ârushed throughâ. #bbcqt
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âItâs astonishing, frankly, to be less than a year in to this new government, to see a Prime Minister and a Chancellor with so little authorityâ. Conservative Andrew Bowie says Labourâs bill âdoes not deliverâ on welfare reform. #bbcqt
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