Ruth Mitchell has finally had her knee op after a year and a half on a waiting list
The number of patients being seen in Scotland has increased slightly but is still well down on the levels before the Covid pandemic. Doctors are being asked to prioritise patients whose condition is more serious but it leaves many lower down the list in limbo - and often in pain. He is also on a waiting list for a knee replacement which was caused by the strain of his hip damage.
"I am feeling a lot better now because while I was waiting to come in my knee was giving way under me so I was forever falling," she said. "I was so excited to get the news that I was coming in."
Pretty bad. England's waiting list is worse, and Wales and Northern Ireland worse still.
Hard to believe as BBC 'present it', but the 'small print' buried in this 'BBC News' story actually confirms Scottish NHS Hospital waiting times are actually the lowest in UK. England have bigger and longer waiting times, and Wales and NI are worse again.
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should have gone bupa🤡
So in line with the rest of the UK? Unsurprising.
To put this in perspective this is just a smidge over 10% of the population of Scotland