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Daily Record
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Politics
Chris McCall

NHS cancer treatment in Scotland 'run like a budget airline' as waiting times rise

Cancer treatment services in Scotland have been compared to "a budget airline" as waiting times continue to rise.

Scottish Labour health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie read out correspondence from a consultant today who warned NHS bosses on the country's largest health board were left "firefighting".

It comes after emails leaked to a respected medical journal warned the flagship Beatson Cancer Centre in Glasgow was "stretched to the limits of endurance".

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