.but shocking figures uncovered by labour yesterday show some patients are suffering agonising waits of as many as 541 days to begin treatment. . at this, shehbaz reassured them that the interview was taken out of context. this is unedited, unformatted feed from the press trust of india wire. . .the latest figures mean that since january 2000, scottish widows has paid a total of £2.5bn in claims to more than 86,000 customers. .