According to Public Health Scotland the percentage of patients seen at NHS Lanarkshire A&E departments within the standard set by the Scottish Government for the week ending October 30 hit a record low.
The number seen within four hours was down to 49.1 percent from 53.1 per cent the previous week - however, there were almost 1800 more attendees to A&E departments than in the previous week.
Wishaw General saw the number of people seen within four hours drop from 54 to 51.7 per cent from the previous week, against a background rise from 1269 to 1343 people attending.
