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SICKENER FOR SCOTS AS NHS DELAYS ROCKET

Sunday Mail

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July 06, 2025

THE number of patients waiting more than 78 weeks for treatment in Scotland has rocketed to 38,070 while in England the figure has halved to just 1154.

- BY JOHN FERGUSON

The shocking statistic means 33 times more people are being forced to endure excruciating long delays north of the Border.

It comes as NHS England launches a 10-year recovery plan along with an updated app allowing patients to book appointments and even visit an “AI doctor”.

Dr Zubir Ahmed, a surgeon turned Labour MP for Glasgow South West, said: “After a 20-year career as a surgeon in the NHS the majority of it working in Govan - I have seen the Scottish NHS at its best and now at its worst.

“Scotland’s NHS has seen the 31-day and 62-day cancer waiting times standards missed, 860,000 Scots are stuck on NHS waiting lists for tests with a third considering private treatment.

“In the words of the esteemed chair of the BMA Dr Iain Kennedy, 'the figures show that the NHS is dying before our very eyes'.

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