‘The NHS is not for sale’, says SNP leader

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By Sarah Lowden

SNP MPs will do “all they can” to protect Scotland’s NHS from Westminster austerity, the party has said in its election manifesto.

The party said it wants the UK government to back its bill to keep the NHS in public hands, and boost NHS funding by at least £16 billion every year – providing an extra £1.6 billion to NHS Scotland.