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| A plastic surgeon has taken patients off his waiting list to help meet Scottish Government targets. | A plastic surgeon has taken patients off his waiting list to help meet Scottish Government targets. |
| NHS Tayside consultant Alex Munnoch said bosses told him to remove names as a "simple solution" to people waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment. | NHS Tayside consultant Alex Munnoch said bosses told him to remove names as a "simple solution" to people waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment. |
| The case has caused a political row after being raised at First Minister's Question Time in Holyrood. | The case has caused a political row after being raised at First Minister's Question Time in Holyrood. |
| Lib Dem Leader Nicol Stephen produced a letter from the surgeon to one patient informing her of the "bad news". | Lib Dem Leader Nicol Stephen produced a letter from the surgeon to one patient informing her of the "bad news". |
| The case came after Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday that NHS boards were working to meet waiting targets. | The case came after Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday that NHS boards were working to meet waiting targets. |
| Future treatment | |
| According to the statistics, on 31 December 2007 no patient had waited more than 18 weeks for a first outpatient consultation following a GP referral and no patient had waited more than 18 weeks for inpatient or day case treatment. | |
| First Minister Alex Salmond said he would look into the case highlighted by Mr Stephen. | First Minister Alex Salmond said he would look into the case highlighted by Mr Stephen. |
| In the letter, Mr Munnoch, based at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital, stated that a "significant" number of patients were in breach of the 18-week target. | |
| He told his patient that she might wish to contact her local MSP, adding: "I will continue to keep your details with a view to trying to offer you surgery at some point in the future, with or without management's consent." | |
| The patient, who was due to receive liposuction for medical reasons, was not from the Tayside area. |