Lothian health team hailed as example to all
LOTHIAN health bosses have been held up in parliament as an example for other parts of the public sector.
Lothians SNP MSP and former Wester Hailes GP Dr Ian McKee said the speedier appointments were due to NHS Lothian's modernisation team, Lean in Lothian, which had also brought about a range of other improvements.
He suggested "lean techniques" could be adopted in other areas of the public sector.
Finance secretary John Swinney responded: "The reduction in waiting times for CT scans from 21 weeks to four weeks is a great tribute to the improvements in methodology that have been deployed.
"I know that, within the health service, there is a great appetite to ensure that, in many of the areas of activity that Dr McKee mentioned and across the national health service in Scotland, the lessons of the Lean in Lothian team are learned."
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