NHS bosses have once again urged patients to avoid “busy” A&E departments, as figures show Paisley’s kept ambulance staff tied up for nearly 11 hours.
Figures from Scottish Labour reveal that the struggling Royal Alexandra Hospital notched up the longest turnaround time - how long it takes to complete the handover of patients to A&E staff - for ambulances in Scotland.
The data, covering the period from October 1 last year until January 31 this year, showed highest ambulanes turnaround times in Scotland over the timescale and revealed that one crew waited 10 hours and 43 minutes to be freed up from the Corsebar Road hospital - far higher than those recorded at any other site.
