A Scots cancer patient has cancelled a hospital appointment because of the inconvenience and rising travel costs.
Stuart Roxburgh, 82, of Lochmaben in Dumfries is scheduled to go to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for check-ups every six months because he can’t access services closer to home.
But the soaring price of petrol and the “total inconvenience” of having to make a 130-mile round trip for a 10-minute appointment has become too much for him to take.
