\n Representatives, according to the register, highlighted to Baillie the \u201cchallenges facing ophthalmology services in Scotland\u201d \u2013 waiting times for eye care services are high\u00a0\u2013\u00a0and highlighted Newmedica\u2019s \u201cexperience\u201d, suggesting the firm could support NHS Scotland<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \n The SNP<\/a> have now urged party leader Anas Sarwar<\/a> to come clean about the party’s “increasingly murky links” to private healthcare firms\u00a0\u2013 highlighting research which found that Scottish Labour MPs have received nearly \u00a3200,000 from donors linked to private healthcare<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \n Earlier this year, EveryDoctor revealed that MPs had bagged more than \u00a32.7m in donations from people with links to the private healthcare sector.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n Among those receiving the most donations was Health<\/a> Secretary Wes Streeting<\/a> who has pocketed a whopping \u00a3224,575.\n<\/p>\n \n The organisation\u2019s research, however, also found that half of all Scottish Labour<\/a> MPs \u2013 including Scottish Secretary Ian Murray (below) and Minister Kirsty McNeill \u2013 have received donations from companies or individuals linked directly or indirectly with private healthcare, worth a total of \u00a3192,071.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cBefore coming to power last year, Labour\u2019s Health<\/a> Secretary Wes Streeting<\/a>\u00a0declared that he would \u2018hold the door wide open\u2019 to private investment in the NHS,\u201d SNP MSP Clare Haughey told The National.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cThis is at least one promise that Labour has come good on, as they increasingly involve the private sector in the NHS in England.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n \n She added: \u201cThe fact that Labour\u2019s health spokesperson in Scotland is now courting private healthcare companies shows that they would do the same here if they ever got the chance.\n<\/p>\n(Image: PA)\n<\/p>\n