Policy and regulation

BMA unconvinced by SNP waiting time plan

2010-03-19T11:58:00

Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said the Patients’ Rights Bill will “send out a strong signal” that patients are at the heart of the NHS.

Doctors’ leaders have said they were “not convinced” by SNP plans to enshrine guaranteed waiting times in law.

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