pandemic as last year, new figures reveal. Fears have been raised that as many as 100,000 operations have been postponed because of the virus.
And Nicola Sturgeon warned it will take "some time" for services in the NHS to return to normal following the coronavirus crisis.
Liberal Democrats raised concerns after figures for August showed a 50.7% reduction in operations compared with the same month in 2019 - with the total going from 28,036 to 13,831.Labour health spokesman Monica Lennon claimed that SNP ministers "seem to have no plan to get our NHS back on track".Her comments came as the First Minister accepted: "During Covid other operations have been fewer in number, because of not just the capacity needed in the health service for Covid,.