NHS must be improved to deliver reforms, warns Audit Scotland

New figures revealed patients waiting more than two years for NHS treatment is at record levels.

The way the NHS is run needs to drastically improve if the Scottish Government wants to deliver the reforms it has promised.

That’s the sobering warning from Audit Scotland, which found health boards are struggling due to overly complex management structures.

It comes as new figures revealed the number of patients waiting more than two years for NHS specialist treatment is at the highest-level ever recorded.

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