Accident and emergency waiting times in Scotland have improved from a record low, but less than two-thirds of patients are being seen within the target time.
According to new figures released today 63.4 per cent of people who attended A&E in the week to December 4 were seen and subsequently admitted or discharged within four hours. That figure has risen from the previous week, which saw a new low of 63.1 per cent.
The Scottish Government aims to have 95 per cent of people seen within the four-hour target. Of the 25,450 people who attended A&E in the week to December 4, 9,314 waited longer than four hours, 3,048 waited more than eight hours, and 1,276 more than 12.
