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Daily Record
Daily Record
Politics
Chris McCall

Scottish NHS in 'perpetual crisis' as 30 per cent of A&E patients left waiting longer than four hours

The NHS in Scotland is in a state of "perpetual crisis" as many of those attending A&E wards are still left waiting hours to be seen, Labour has warned.

The Scottish Government target is for patients to be seen and discharged or admitted to hospital within four hours - but last week 30 per cent of the total faced even longer waits.

The figure is the same as the week ending May 15, though the number of attendances at Scottish A&E units increased slightly.

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