The trust apologised to anyone who had had to wait for an ENT outpatient appointment.

BBC: Patients wait 45 weeks for ENT consultant

The figures also showed that more than 97% of patients across Scotland had an outpatient appointment within 12 weeks of referral, while more than 97% of inpatients and day cases received treatment within 12 weeks.

BBC: NHS hospital

The latest waiting list figures show that while lists for inpatient procedures and operations continued to fall in June, 42, 000 more people were waiting more than 13 weeks for their first outpatient appointment in April, May and June.

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