Robison: A&E wait times in ‘recovery’

Scotland’s NHS is in “recovery” after a difficult winter, health sec re tarysh on aro bison said, after new figures showed nine out of ten accident and emergency patients were treated within four hours.

In the week ending 29 April medics in emergency departments saw 26,489 patients, with 90.6 per cent of them admitted, transferred of dis- charged within four hours.

That is still below the Scottish Government’s target of dealing within 95 per cent of cases in that time, but marks an improvement on previous weeks. However more than a quarter of patients at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary spent too long in A&E, with figures for the hospital showing 73.6 per cent were admitted, transferred or discharged within the four-hour target. Across Scotland, 57 patients spent more than 12 hours in A&E in the week ending 29 April, while 226 were there for eight hours or more.

Ms Robison said: “While A&E statistics will always fluctuate it is encouraging to see over nine in ten patients were admitted, discharged or referred within the four-hour target, which signals a recovery for Scotland’s NHS following a difficult winter.”