Nicol Stephen, Leader of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland, has demanded that the Scottish Government come clean on how many patients have been dumped from NHS waiting lists in order to meet the Government's waiting times targets.

Commenting, Mr Stephen said:

“The government needs to come clean about how many other doctors and surgeons have been told to delete patients in order to meet targets.

“We need to know how many health boards have been sending patients away without being treated. People expect the NHS to be available for them wherever they live in Scotland.

“Liberal Democrats are tabling questions to the Scottish Government this afternoon to get to the bottom of this sickening situation.

“I want to know what action the government is taking to get all the patients who received such devastating letters back into the NHS.”