Sturgeon’s successor ‘cannot survive’ without resolving NHS workforce crisis, Scottish Labour warns

Warnings come as an Audit Scotland report said recruitment targets were ‘unlikely to be met’

Scottish Labour have warned the next first minister that the NHS “cannot survive” if the workforce crisis is not resolved.

Humza Yousaf, Kate Forbes and Ash Regan are in the SNP leadership race to replace Nicola Sturgeon as party leader and first minister.

In a warning to Ms Sturgeon’s successor, Jackie Baillie, Scottish Labour’s health spokeswoman, called for an end to “more than a decade of failed workforce planning” under the Scottish Government.