There are 80,000 West Aussies just waiting to see a public hospital specialist and the wait times aren’t getting any shorter.

The latest figures show future patients are waiting to wait, with many still unable to see a specialist before being assessed for surgery.

AMA WA President Omar Khorshid told 6PR Breakfast, this has been going on for years. Our listeners chimed in with their long wait times.

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