Only three health boards have no one waiting more than two years for treatment
A patient waited seven years before receiving specialist treatment, recently unveiled NHS figures have revealed.A FOI request by the Scottish Lib Dems revealed almost every health board that responded admitted they had patients who have currently waited years for treatment.
In Highland there is also a four years plus wait for at least one patient who has been waiting 1533 days. In Ayrshire & Arran the longest wait is 1379, Fife is 1156 and Shetland 975. But three health boards – Lothian, Grampian and Forth Valley – refused to provide figures so the true picture could be worse.
“With one in seven Scots on a waiting list, it is incumbent that the new Health Secretary gets a grip on the situation and takes action to drive down long waits.”
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