When you go privately there is no waiting time, which is fantastic.

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Mr Neil, who made a statement to the Scottish Parliament on the report, said an internal investigation at the health authority found no evidence of waiting time manipulation or coercion of staff.

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There was no effective maximum waiting time either for a GP appointment or for hospital treatment - although the hospital waiting lists stood at over 1.1 million and many patients were waiting more than 18 months even for the most urgent treatment, with rates of death from cancer and heart disease amongst the highest in Europe.

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There is no perfection, and the benefit of movement almost always outweighs the benefit of waiting for the better time.

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And at the same time, no two countries have more to gain from climate solutions: the clean-energy revolution waiting to be unleashed globally.

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