Over 864,000 Patients in Scotland on NHS Waiting List

Published on August 27, 2024

More than 864,000 patients in Scotland are on the waiting list for an appointment, tests, or hospital treatment, official data have found. According to figures from the end of June from Public Health Scotland (PHS), more than 9,000 people have been on waiting list to be seen for in-patient treatment or for an outpatient appointment. The data on NHS waiting times, published on Tuesday, recorded an overall 155,558 patients waiting for hospital treatment as of June 30. There were also 558,896 people waiting for an outpatient appointment. This is an increase of 3.6 percent compared to the end of the previous quarter. Close to 150,000 people were waiting for diagnostic tests, including colonoscopies and cystoscopies. Endoscopy tests now account for 91 percent of waits over 52 weeks....

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