Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 24 March 2021
24 Mar 2021 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Hospital Waiting Times
Health and Sport
I thank the cabinet secretary for her answer and wish her well for the future. I draw her attention to an article in this morning’s edition of The Times in which Chloe Scott, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, highlights the unprecedented levels of lengthy waiting times for surgical operations. Even a 20 per cent increase in those would mean that it would take four years to clear the backlog. This is a really serious situation. What action is being taken to reduce such waiting times so that people waiting for surgery such as hip or knee replacements will not have to wait for four years to get relief from their pain?
In the same item of business
6. James Kelly (Glasgow) (Lab)
Lab
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to reduce hospital waiting times. (S5O-05151)
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport (Jeane Freeman)
SNP
We are working with all health boards with specific targeted actions to reduce hospital waiting times. That includes the investment of additional resources. ...
James Kelly
Lab
I thank the cabinet secretary for her answer and wish her well for the future. I draw her attention to an article in this morning’s edition of The Times in w...
Jeane Freeman
SNP
Mr Kelly is quite right to say that this is a really serious issue. Inevitably, it has been considerably exacerbated by the past 15 months, during which the ...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
Och, well, I am going to indulge myself now.