320.The figures confirm the massive investment is not reaching the frontline and is being soaked up by red tape.In 2006/07, Scotland's NHS boards were given a record pounds 7.8billion - more than a quarter of Scotland's entire budget.Patients groups and nursing leaders say the N H S ...
When asked about the role cost should play in the provision of DB or DC, 56% of the 293 respondents who preferred DB thought this policy should be implemented regardless of cost, whereas 63% of the 669 respondents who preferred DC agreed there should be some limit to the amount the NHS ...
The results make for depressing reading.The table below shows the ten areas with the longest waits.In Scotland, NHS Grampian had the longest single wait between referral from A&E to admission to a ward of almost 14 hours. The average was 1 hour and 38 minutes while hospital bed occupancy ...