The NHS will receive a further £32 million to help reduce waiting times.
The investment is in addition to £70 million funding announced by the Health Secretary in April and brings the amount being spent on the Waiting Times Improvement Plan for 2019-20 to £102 million. The £102 million is part of the £850 million set aside to support the delivery of the plan over a three-year period. Continue reading NHS to receive a further £32 million to reduce waiting times
Lothian MSP Miles Briggs has raised concerns with SNP Ministers about waiting times for Alcohol and Drug Partnerships in Lothian, following latest ISD figures for the quarter ending 31st March 2019. Continue reading Alcohol and Drug Partnership waiting times must improve, says Briggs
Long waits for patients are to be targeted with an additional investment of £70 million, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman announced yesterday. Continue reading £70 million more to improve waiting times
The length of time people are waiting for care assessments in the Capital has fallen by almost 50% under the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (EIJB), (writes its Chair, Councillor Ricky Henderson). Continue reading Health and social care: An improving picture but more needs to be done, says EIJB Chair
Scottish Conservative Health Spokesman and Lothian MSP Miles Briggs has called for more to be done to support Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs), in Edinburgh and the Lothians. Continue reading Briggs: local patients waiting to long for alcohol and drug treatment
A total of 233 children and young people have had to wait over a year for mental health services in Lothian in 2018. NHS Lothian Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) waiting times are the longest in Scotland. Continue reading 233 young people waiting over a year for CAMHS in 2018
Figures released this week revealed that the number of patients being seen within the 18 week standard for Referral to Treatment, in NHS Lothian has dropped yet again. Continue reading Briggs: Lothians patients wait longer for treatment every year
Briggs blames SNP for ‘workforce crisis’
According to ISD figures the last time that the A&E waiting time target of 95% of patients to be seen within four hours, was met in NHS Lothian was 29th October 2017. Continue reading ONE FULL YEAR since NHS Lothian met A & E waiting times
“Jeane Freeman should acknowledge the link between our GP crisis and the increased pressure on A&E services.” – Miles Briggs MSP
Following the recent announcement that A&E waiting targets have not been met for a year, there has been growing pressure on SNP Ministers to take action. Continue reading NHS Lothian has longest A&E waiting times
Health Minister in ‘cloud-cuckoo land’
Last week at First Minister’s Questions (FMQs) Miles Briggs challenged the First Minister to apologise to Lothian patients who are facing waits of up to 45 weeks for initial orthopaedic appointments. Continue reading Tories demand action on Lothian orthopaedic ‘crisis’
