Humza Yousaf has been known as on by Labour to enhance his winter plan for the struggling NHS or resign as well being secretary.
The occasion will lead a debate on the well being service at Holyrood right this moment amid fears it faces one of many most troublesome durations in its historical past.
Jackie Baillie, Labour's well being spokeswoman, mentioned too many Scots have been left "languishing on ready lists" because the NHS struggles to get better from the affect of the covid pandemic.
Yousaf launched his winter plan for the well being service earlier this month by pledging to recruit 1,000 new employees - together with 750 nurses, midwives and allied well being professionals from abroad.
An extra £124m might be given to well being and social care partnerships to increase the capability of care at house initiatives, £45m to assist recruitment and planning within the Scottish Ambulance Service and extension of the Social Care Employees Help Fund to the tip of March.
However Labour pointed to feedback from Dr John Thomson, vice-chair of the Royal Faculty of Emergency Drugs Scotland (RCEM), who warned that many elements of the plan won't be applied in time to make a distinction this winter.
Baillie mentioned: "Scotland's AWOL Well being Secretary is breaking all of the information for incompetence.
"1000's are ready over eight hours in A&E departments each week, one in seven Scots are languishing on ready lists and we face unprecedented industrial motion throughout the NHS.
"Humza Yousaf's half-baked winter plan is nowhere close to sturdy sufficient to take care of the disaster we're about to face.
"That is why right this moment I'm issuing an ultimatum to this failed Well being Secretary - act now to assist our NHS or go.
"We will not reward failure - it is time Mr Yousaf acquired his jotters."
Yousaf mentioned: "As a result of accumulative impacts of the pandemic, we anticipate this winter to be one of the crucial troublesome the NHS has confronted.
"Via our £600m well being and care plan for winter we’re seeking to tackle the challenges we all know we face this winter. That’s why we're recruiting 1,000 new NHS employees, together with 750 frontline nurses from abroad and have elevated flexibility for Well being Boards to retain employees."
The well being secretary added: "Restoration from the pandemic won't occur in a single day and in widespread with well being companies throughout the UK and globally, A&E departments are working below vital strain as Covid continues to have an effect on companies.
"Whereas Scotland’s A&E efficiency continues to be the most effective of all 4 nations, our efficiency isn't the place I would like it to be.
"These strain on A&E are pushed largely by delays in discharge elsewhere in hospitals, which is why a spotlight of our winter plan is on social care and actions to encourage integration authorities to assist alleviate delays."
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