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Health charity calls for end to 'postcode lottery' that leaves Lanarkshire patients waiting months for heart check-ups

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A leading health charity has now called for an end to the "postcode lottery" that leaves NHS Lanarkshire trailing far behind health boards like NHS Lothian when it comes to vital heart check-ups.We revealed earlier this year that hundreds of people across Lanarkshire have had to wait several months for echocardiogram tests to be carried out.Stats showed that almost as many patients were stuck waiting seven months or more for the check-up as those who were seen inside a month.

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