“Lives are on the line” according to Dumbarton’s MSP, after new figures revealed ambulance turnaround times at West Dunbartonshire’s nearest A&E were the highest in Scotland.
NHS bosses have once again urged patients to avoid “busy” A&E departments.
Newly published statistics revealed that Paisley’s struggling Royal Alexandra Hospital, the nearest accident and emergency unit to Dumbarton, the Vale and Helensburgh, notched up the longest turnaround time for ambulances in the country.