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In early November 2025, BBC Scotland told us:
The Scottish government has pledged £25.5m to help bring down NHS waiting times. First Minister John Swinney said the money would help deliver more hospital appointments. It is to be shared by nine health boards – Ayrshire and Arran, Fife, Grampian, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Highland, Lanarkshire, Lothian, Shetland and Tayside.
The Scottish Conservatives said the £22.5m fund – out of a £22bn health and social care budget – would “barely touch the sides” of what was needed. Scottish Labour said the government had a “disgraceful track record” on reducing waiting times.
Both sets of Scottish Cons were to be proved wrong but BBC Scotland has not returned to the story to correct the.
From NHS waiting times – stage of treatment Inpatients, day cases and new outpatients published today, the above graphs and:
At 31 December 2025, the number of ongoing outpatient waits for no longer than 12 weeks from referral decreased by 2.9% to 517,415 compared to the end of the previous month and by 8.2% compared to 31 December 2024.
At 31 December 2025, the number of ongoing inpatient or day case waits for treatment in no longer that 12 weeks, was 156,314, down 0.9% from the end of November and 1.6% from 31 December 2024.
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