Lanarkshire MSP accuses Scottish Government of presiding over “terrifying” A&E waiting times

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Lanarkshire Conservative MSP Meghan Gallacher has accused the Scottish Government of presiding over “terrifying” A&E waiting times.Meghan’s remarks come after monthly A&E waiting times for November showed that only 55.5 per cent of patients in NHS Lanarkshire were seen within the government’s four-hour target.Within that month, Monklands A&E was the best performing hospital at 57 per cent while Wishaw’s figure was 55.2 per cent and Hairmyres was sitting at 54.5 per cent.Meghan says these waits are “intolerable” and “undoubtedly put lives at risk” and insists that the SNP have failed to give dedicated staff the resources they need to see patients quickly enough.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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