No-show patients costs £5m

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No-show patients costs £5m

Missed hospital appointments cost the NHS in Scotland almost £5million in just three months, a report reveals today.

Public spending watchdog Audit Scotland say that between July and September last year, one in 10 patients did not attend their first out-patient appointment.

Over the three months there were more than 44,000 unused clinic appointments.