MORE than 7,300 patients languished for over a day in Scotland’s accident & emergency departments waiting for treatment last year.

Public Health Scotland statistics passed to Scottish Labour via freedom of information show that there were waits of more than 24 hours in nine out of the country’s 14 health board areas  amounting to a staggering 7,367 in total.

Only Western Isles, Tayside, Shetland, Orkney and Lothian health boards recorded no waits of over a day.