A&E cannot shake off 'deep freeze of Government incompetence' – Labour
What
A&E cannot shake off 'deep freeze of Government incompetence' – Labour A&E cannot shake off 'deep freeze of Government incompetence' – Labour Figures released on Tuesday show A&E departments continue to struggle with waiting times, with 67.4% of patients seen within four hours in the week to March 30.
Key points
- A&E cannot shake off 'deep freeze of Government incompetence' – Labour Figures released on Tuesday show A&E departments continue to struggle with waiting times, with 67.4% of patients seen within four hours in the week to March 30.
- Health Secretary Neil Gray said the Government is acting to improve A&E performance (PA) Despite this, latest weekly figures show more than two-thirds of patients were seen within the four-hour target and performance is up 4.5% compared with the equivalent week last year.
- According to the figures, of the 27,441 attendances in the most recent week, 1,061 people waited longer than 12 hours to be seen, which is up proportionally from the previous week.
- That was down slightly from 68.2% the week before, but remains well short of the 95% target set by the Scottish Government.
- Responding to the figures, Scottish Labour deputy leader Dame Jackie Baillie said: Winter pressures may have eased but our NHS can't shake off the deep freeze of SNP incompetence.
Who
Scottish Labour; Dame Jackie Baillie; Neil Gray
When
ur Figures released on Tuesday show A&E department
Where
Scotland
How
A&E cannot shake off 'deep freeze of Government incompetence' – Labour Figures released on Tuesday show A&E departments continue to struggle with waiting times, with 67.4% of patients seen within four hours in the week to March 30.
Impact
Responding to the figures, Scottish Labour deputy leader Dame Jackie Baillie said: "Winter pressures may have eased but our NHS can't shake off the deep freeze of SNP incompetence. "The SNP has run down the NHS but it's the hardworking staff and desperate patients who are forced to deal with the chaos in hospital corridors." Health Secretary Neil Gray – who has been consistently under fire in recent months over pressures in the health service – pointed to improvements based on the same week last year, when 62.9% of attendances were seen within four hours. "Our A&E departments are still facing sustained pressure with high levels of hospital occupancy impacting patient flow and causing delays," he said.
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