Jackie Baillie MSP has slammed cuts to ambulance services which are impacting the Vale of Leven as “dangerous and wrongheaded.”

Cuts to ambulance services have been reported locally in recent weeks, despite soaring ambulance turnaround times – the worst of which have impacted on Paisley’s Royal Alexandra Hospital.

Ambulance staffing rotas have been changed and whole crews removed so that there are fewer ambulances available at key times.

This has been happening across Scotland, including at the Vale of Leven, meanwhile ambulance turnaround times peaked at 10 hours and 43 minutes at Paisley’s RAH.

With reports of people dying while waiting on ambulances and the current disarray of ambulance services, Scottish Labour is calling on Humza Yousaf to halt these potentially deadly cuts to services.

Dumbarton constituency MSP Jackie Baillie said: “These planned cuts are dangerous and wrongheaded and must be stopped now.

“Ambulance services are in disarray and ambulance staff have been faced with soaring workloads.

“To cut services at this time is potentially deadly and will leave several communities, including those within my own Dumbarton constituency, without the support they need.

“All winter we have heard of people dying while waiting on ambulances – the idea that we would cut ambulance crews at this time is unfathomable.

“Paramedics have said that these changes are wrong and potentially dangerous. So far, Humza Yousaf has entirely failed to act but he must listen to them. The minister must act now before lives are lost.”