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‘Development of a European style private and state mix of health care provision is inevitable, and should be welcomed’

Scotland can't track hip patients going private as waits top seven months

Scotland has no reliable national figure for hip patients leaving NHS waiting lists for private care, as median waits reach 229 days.

The study at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh builds on previous research showing that spending over four hours in A&E prior to hospital admission is associated with longer term harm

The study at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh builds on previous research showing that spending over four hours in A&E prior to hospital admission is associated with longer term harm

A&E waiting times

Hip fracture patients 'more likely to die if they spend over four hours in A&E'