Scottish health secretary told to take ‘urgent action’ over ‘appalling’ A&E stats
SCOTTISH health secretary Neil Gray was told today to take “urgent action” over “appalling” statistics that showed emergency department waits worsened across every metric in Scotland.
Just 62.7 per cent — or 16,660 patients — were seen and subsequently admitted, transferred or discharged within the four-hour target time in the week ending March 31.
That is down from 65.3 per cent — or 17,588 patients — the previous week, according to figures from Public Health Scotland (PHS).
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