Number of Dumfries and Galloway patients waiting months for musculoskeletal appointments branded "disgraceful"

The number of patients waiting months to be seen for musculoskeletal issues has been branded “disgraceful”.

New figures show nearly half of people in Dumfries and Galloway who were seen in the first three months of the year had waited more than four weeks for their first outpatient appointment.

And nearly a quarter of them had waited more than 16 weeks.