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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katrine Bussey

Scottish Tories call for Humza Yousaf to act on ‘woeful’ A&E waiting times

Ministers are being  urged to tackle the “woeful” waiting times figures for Scotland’s accident and emergency departments, as new figures show almost three out of 10 patients waited longer than the target time in the final week of February.

In the week ending February 27, a total of 24,672 patients were seen at A&E – with 70.8% dealt with within four hours.

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