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Daily Record
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Vivienne Aitken

Scots patient forced to wait 7 years for treatment in hospital

A patient waited seven years before receiving specialist treatment, recently unveiled NHS figures have revealed.

And currently, one patient in the Dumfries and Galloway area has been waiting almost five years.

A FOI request by the Scottish Lib Dems revealed almost every health board that responded admitted they had patients who have currently waited years for treatment.

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