FRESH fears have been raised over the possible widespread doctoring of NHS waiting times after it emerged accountancy giant PwC has been called in to assist a probe of all Scots health boards.
Experts from PricewaterhouseCoopers will dig out information from health board computer systems on the use of so-called "unavailability codes".
Public spending watchdog Audit Scotland are investigating all 14 regional health boards after it was revealed last year NHS Lothian were wrongly listing patients as unavailable for treatment to hit Government targets.
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