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01-Sep-16, 12:30
The Caithness Business Index (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk) has posted the following article:

Private procedures in central belt draining health spend across the region




Highlands and Islands Labour MSP David Stewart has criticised the £50million spent last year across Scotland on private operations through the NHS. Mr Stewart points out Glasgow & Clyde sent 22,772 patients at the cost of £24,616,905 for private ops, while Grampian sent 1491 with a bill of £7,886,000. [Read Full Article (http://caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=6930)]