iOS - Android The standard expects patients should wait no longer than four hours from arrival to admission, discharge or transfer for A&E treatment.
Of the figures, Central Scotland MSP Gillian Mackay told Lanarkshire Live : “These figures clearly show the extreme pressure being placed on A&E services in NHS Lanarkshire. "Health board officials have repeatedly warned that workforce pressures and rising COVID-19 cases are placing A&E departments under increasing strain as more and more people are attending for non-urgent reasons.”With the exception of Greater Glasgow & Clyde, more people attended A&E departments in the NHS Lanarkshire area than any other health board in the country.
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