By Lucy Ashton
The SNP government is “betraying women”, Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie has warned after new data showed women are being forced to wait nearly a year for key gynaecology appointments.
The ongoing average wait for inpatient gynaecology appointments at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde clinics was 317 days, with one woman being forced to wait three and a half years.
Gynaecological waits cover women’s reproductive health and include everything from the keyhole surgery needed to identify endometriosis to prolapsed wombs and complex contraception.
The average completed wait for gynaecology appointments at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde doubled between 2019-20 and 2024-25, with waits that typically lasted a month to six weeks now on average lasting two to three months.
Scottish Labour’s Health Spokesperson and MSP for Dumbarton Jackie Baillie said: “I regularly hear from constituents affected by the SNP’s failure to get waits under control.
“Behind these shocking figures are women waiting in pain and anxiety for years at a time.
“The SNP government promised to improve women’s health — instead it has betrayed them by letting waiting lists soar on its watch.
“Scottish Labour will reduce waiting lists so that women’s health is going in the right direction rather than being held back by the SNP.”