SNP under fire as A&E patients face 12hr waits

MORE than 1,400 patients in Scotland waited in excess of 12 hours to be seen at A&E departments, new statistics have revealed.

- By Richard Elias

That is the highest figure since the beginning of March, leading critics to state the crisis within the NHS was getting worse not better despite SNP claims.

The latest weekly Public Health Scotland data showed 9,671 people spent longer than four hours in the week ending Sunday, June 1.

This is up from 9,461 the previous week. Meanwhile, 3,410 patients were there for eight hours or more, up from 2,993 the previous week.