New statistics from Public Health Scotland have shown that only 53.1 per cent of A&E patients were seen in under four hours by NHS Lanarkshire in the week ending June 5. 86.5 per cent were seen in under eight hours. These are both the worst rate of any Health Board in Scotland.
In just one week, 1907 patients waited more than four hours, 511 waited more than eight hours and 134 people waited longer than 12 hours to be seen.
University Hospital Hairmyres saw just 43.3 per cent of patients seen within four hours.
