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Scots pensioner left 'unable to wash for months' after bath chair broke

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A Scots pensioner has been left in "absolute hell" and "unable to wash herself for months" in a row with her local council after her bath chair broke.

Lillian Briggs, 89, told her children that the device was broken back in April. Since then, her daughter, Christine Burtt, has been back and forward with the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership - who provide care for Lillian.

Christine, 67, said the family has been waiting months for an occupational therapist to examine Lillian in her Saughton home and determine whether she is eligible for a new chair.

It isn't the first time Lillian has been "let down" by the healthcare system, after waiting eight hours for an ambulance following a fall in 2021.

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