Anas Sarwar announced that NHS staff trained in Scotland would be forced to work there for five years. According to the Mail on Sunday, Sarwar's work as an NHS dentist fell short of this period by a number of weeks. Under his own policy, Sarwar would be forced to repay any tuition or grant support he received when training to become a dentist.
The SNP said this 'hypocrisy' from Sarwar shows poor judgement. SNP MSP Clare Haughey called Sarwar's actions 'pure hypocrisy' and suggested he may soon have the opportunity to return to dentistry and complete his five years due to public mood towards the Labour Party. Sarwar responded, stating he graduated almost 21 years ago and is trying to fix a mess the SNP created.
I graduated almost 21 years ago, what I'm trying to do is fix a mess that the SNP has created in the last 20 years.
' Sarwar explained his policy, saying, 'I'm saying right now we have a situation where the taxpayer rightly funds free tuition for people across the country. I support free tuition. We will maintain free tuition.
But it's also right that if someone uses their taxes to train you to work in our health professions, then they should have the benefit of your skills too. ' Haughey concluded, 'Time after time Anas Sarwar's poor judgement has left him red faced.
It's not embarrassing at all, because the premise of that question is to say that we never change the law on anything. If you have to change the circumstances that you face today, I maintained my role in public service, I've been a public servant for 20 years…