"The bill... has the support of both Labour and the Conservatives, was debated and backed by the Holyrood parliament on 15 January. The vote means the first draft of the bill has now been approved..."

If passed, the bill will see STV elections being held every four years to fill some but not all positions on health boards. Local Councillors will also take seats on health boards meaning that a majority of each Health Board will have been elected by STV.

"Accountability, transparency and responsiveness must be at the very heart of public sector decision-making and direct elections to health boards are an obvious and logical way of achieving this.”

Nicola Sturgeon, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing

Holyrood debates democratically elected health boards