£4m NHS BILL FOR PAGERS

Health board 'stuck in the analogue age'

- CHRIS MCCALL

SCOTLAND'S NHS is "stuck in an analogue age" after it was revealed health boards have shelled out millions of pounds on pagers in recent years.

The devices were widely used in the 80s and 90s for instant communication before being replaced by smartphones.

Scottish Labour said the continued reliance proved the SNP government was failing to equip the NHS for the 21st century.

Data obtained by the party found health boards had spent at least since 2018-19, with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde spending almost £1.8million and NHS Lothian spending close to £1million.

But the total figure is expected to be higher as some health boards failed to respond to a freedom of information request.