New figures have shown that the number of patients cancelling ambulance calls because they have made their own way to hospital has increased by 670 per cent.
A freedom of information request by the Scottish Liberal Democrats found the number of cancellations because patients sourced their own transport rose from 753 in the 2016-17 financial year to 5,796 in 2021-22.
The number of incidents where an ambulance arrived to find the patient had made their own way to hospital also rose, from 405 to 2,330 - a 475 per cent increase, during the same time period.
