A terminally ill granddad was kept waiting for 15 hours through the night at a Scots A&E until a health board boss intervened. ‌

Peter Black, 71, who suffers from stage 4 cancer, is one of the latest victims of the country’s hospital waiting times crisis after being taken to Wishaw General with alarming symptoms by worried relatives at 6.30pm on Saturday. ‌

The grandad-of-five, from Motherwell, wasn’t seen until 9.30am the next day. ‌

Peter’s daughter Nicola, who stayed with her dad during his mammoth wait for care, said the former joiner was only seen after a family member emailed the health board’s chief executive to complain.

The NHS apologised to the family last night, while the case has been branded “utterly heartbreaking” by opposition MSPs, who said it should be a “w

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