A total of 141 patients waited longer than 12 hours to be admitted, transferred or discharged at A&E hospitals in Ayrshire and Arran, new figures show.
And a further 237 patients faced agonising waits of more than eight hours, again at local A&E departments.The figures come from Public Health Scotland and cover the week ending Sunday, March 13.
In NHS Ayrshire & Arran, only 71.3 per cent of A&E patients were seen within the four-hour standard, falling well short of the Scottish Government’s 95 per cent target.
The figures were met with dismay by some Ayrshire politicians who blame health secretary Humza Yousaf for the ongoing crisis.
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