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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Steph Brawn

Scotland performing better than rest of UK on A&E waiting times, says Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon defended her government's record on waiting times as she faces Douglas Ross at FMQs

NICOLA Sturgeon highlighted A&E waiting times in Scotland are better than those across the rest of the UK as she pledged to take urgent action on what are still “unacceptable” statistics.

The First Minister was questioned on Thursday by opposition leaders Douglas Ross and Anas Sarwar on what she planned to do after figures showed waiting times at A&E departments hit a new record low.

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