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MSPs heard that a woman has been told she will have to wait 83 weeks for a routine hospital appointment at Lothian University Hospitals ENT department.
Mr Pringle, MSP for Edinburgh South, told reporters that the woman, whom he did not identify, had been waiting since last year for what was described as a routine ear appointment. In March last year she was told she would have to wait 40 weeks, in April this year it had increased to 68 weeks, and she was recently told it had gone up to 83 weeks.
Andy Kerr, Scotland’s Health Minister, said that he shared the “frustration” voiced by Mr Pringle, but he said improvements were under way to tackle ear, nose and throat (ENT) waiting times in the capital.
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