Humza Yousaf has been accused of going "AWOL" after new figures revealed the number of people waiting more than eight hours or more at A&E has risen to record levels.
Statistics from Public Health Scotland released on Tuesday show that some 3,553 people waiting more than eight hours at emergency departments in the week up to October 9. The figure rose from 3,427 in the week before.
The number of people who waited half a day at A&E fell slightly from 1,510 - a record high - to 1,506 in the same timescale.
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