Tens of thousands of Scottish NHS patients are being sent to hospitals far from their homes at a cost of more than £200 million a year to the health budget, to reduce local waiting lists and plug gaps in specialisms. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16584921.the-200m-nhs-merry-go-round-thousands-of-patients-sent-around-scotland-to-reduce-waiting-lists-and-plug-skills-gaps/