A&E DEPARTMENTS FIGURES IMPROVE
Written by author on July 5, 2016
DURING the month of May 2016, 94.5% of patients were seen and subsequently admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours from Scotland’s A&E departments.
This is one percentage point higher than May 2015 and the best performance during the month of May since 2013.
Also published today are performance figures for the week ending June 26, when 95.8% of patients attending core A&E departments, which are 24 hour, consultant led sites, were seen within four hours.
Public Health Minister Aileen Campbell said: “As we have seen throughout the year, A&E performance will fluctuate from week to week and also from hospital to hospital as pressure on the service varies.
“Improvement has been made over the year, with today’s figures showing the best May performance since 2013 and we are continually working to retain and build on this improvement to ensure patients get the service they rightly deserve.
“Nationally, our core accident and emergency performance has
