Improvement in Ayrshire's A&E waiting times will be 'cold comfort' to patients still facing long delays

Waiting times at Ayrshire’s Accident and Emergency departments have improved slightly, figures show.

According to Public Health Scotland, 67 per cent of patients who presented at a local A&E were seen within the four hour target.

Although that figure is way short of the Scottish Government’s target of 95 per cent, it’s an improvement on the previous figure of 60 per cent.