Patients with diabetes or similar condition make up more than half of people who have had to wait more than 18 months for a hospital outpatient appointment.
A new NHS Ayrshire and Arran report showed that a total of 1,027 new patients had to wait more than 18 months at the start of January.
Of these, 513 were related to diabetes and endocrinology. This was followed by 205 patients waiting for a neurology appointment, 125 for ‘general medicine’, and 84 for gastroenterology appointments.
