After years on NHS waiting lists, patients from all over Scotland are being referred to National Treatment Centres, which are attempting to address large backlogs for treatment.
On a visit to the new site at the Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank, John Swinney said Scotland increasingly has the resources, facilities and staff needed to “transform clinical care”.
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