Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. We have been told emphatically by the appointments department that we are being treated as an urgent referral and that urgent referrals in Great Glasgow and Clyde simply take up to 18 weeks to be seen. I asked how long does a routine referral take and they said a year. I can’t believe it but they told us the both the same thing twice on consecutive days. What can we do? The guidelines state that elevated CA125 and/or abnormal cycst merit urgent referral and the GP has given us this but it just takes months according to the appointments team. My wife does have other symptoms. She has lost weight, is tired all the time, has bloating, we are really worried and it feels like being left without care. She is only 45 so that is one thing. Thanks for your reply. 

Hi I'm afraid the figures are correct in my experience. I've just had an appointment through from Glasgow and Clyde and it will have been 19 weeks for my urgent referral. It is very distressing that so many women are in this position. You could phone the secretary and say you'd be happy with a cancellation at short notice, or research private options if that's doable. Try your msp but there are so many of us in this position sadly.

Good luck with it all.

Can you go private? I looked into a private gynae but then got an nhs appointment through a week later so cancelled it. Just to settle your worries. 
Although it’s so very busy I do think that the gynae team will still be seeing the most suspected cases first, hence the wait. Hopefully it comes through sooner but there are private clinics if you have that option. 

Thanks for your reply. I am simply in disbelief that this is the level of service. People are going to die on these waits. I asked about the so-called guarantee of being treated within 62 days for cancer and the person on the phone reacted as if that’s ridiculous. Thanks for the idea about asking for a cancellation. I am at my wits end. Maybe we could spend everything to get private care. I really didn’t expect the NHS to be this bad. This is not just a bit slower it is so outside any reasonable timeframe it’s unbelievable. The target for routine appointments is supposed to be 12 weeks. So urgent referrals are not even being seen in the timeframe of routine appointments. The person in appointments said routine appointments are taking a year. I wonder is Greater Glasgow and Clyde unique in this position. My wife is from Austria and moved here 25 years ago. In Austria she would be treated within a couple of weeks. She is cursing the day she came here.