WAITING time targets at Scotland’s emergency departments has been breached 1,095 days, according to latest data published today.

Figures have revealed that 68.8 per cent of patients were seen within the target four-hour wait in the week up to July 2, compared with 69 per cent the previous week, and a staggering 19 percentage points lower than the same period in 2019.

The statistics show the yawning gap between performance and the SNP-Green Scottish government target of 95 per cent being admitted or discharged in four hours — a target that has not been met for over three years.