In the 11-year period since the SNP came to power, there has been a staggering 34.9% increase in demand for inpatient appointments and, in only one year since 2017, there has been a proportionally even greater increase of 11.9%. All of this has taken place against a background of general funding cuts to the Scottish government’s budget. See this statement for just the year ahead:
https://thoughtcontrolscotland.com/2018/10/25/scottish-nhs-performance-holding-up-despite-massive-increase-in-demand-and-tory-austerity-cuts/