NHS Lothian (Waiting Times)

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 5 December 2017.

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Photo of Alex Cole-Hamilton Alex Cole-Hamilton Liberal Democrat

Reports in the press suggest that revelations about NHS Lothian and its reporting of A and E waiting times came from a whistleblower. Given that confidence in the mechanisms around whistleblowing in the NHS is not high, will the cabinet secretary instruct the independent review to expand its focus to other health boards and perhaps to issue a confidential staff survey to other A and E departments so that we can ascertain whether the problem is more widespread?