Thousands waiting longer as lists 'disguised' by Executive

From: The Scotsman | Date: March 11, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

TENS of thousands of Scots are waiting longer than six months to be treated but never show up on official waiting list target figures, it was revealed yesterday.

Opposition parties claimed the Scottish public was being "conned" by the Executive which earlier this year said just two people were waiting longer than six months for treatment.

But new information released by the Executive shows the figure disguised the fact that in the previous three months, 20,000 people with a six-month guarantee failed to be treated within this time.

The statistics were revealed in a series of written answers ...

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