The picture across Scotland's NHS is stark.
At the end of an average month in 2013, just over 800 cases on Scotland’s inpatient waiting list still hadn’t been resolved after 12 weeks.
The number of cancer referrals where the patient waited more than 62 days between an urgent referral for suspected cancer and the start of treatment rose seven-fold, and Though this is only one aspect of one part of the whole health service. And, as our latest analysis lays bare, the crisis in Scotland’s NHS has worsened over the last ten years on a number of key metrics.
He said his government’s draft budget “provides increased investment for health and social care, including over half a billion pounds more for frontline NHS boards”.We took monthly or quarterly figures from the Scottish government for each of the measures, calculated an annual average for each year, and compared each year over time.
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