The latest publication of weekly A&E statistics shows another slight improvement.
In the week ending 31st May, 92.6 per cent of people attending Scotland’s 31 Emergency Departments were seen and subsequently admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours. This is an increase from 92 per cent the previous week.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said:
“Today’s figures show that our NHS staff are continuing to work hard towards delivering a first class service for Scotland.
“This week has seen an improvement in waiting times, but weekly publications will continue to show fluctuations in these figures. What is important now is that health boards focus on sustaining the reduced waiting times we have recently seen and make more, sustainable progress towards meeting our world leading targets.
“We will continue to work with boards to minimise long waits in A&E and support their work, as well as look to ensure that best practice is installed throughout the hospital system. Supporting joined up work across health boards to address wider issues of patient flow through hospitals, and to ensure the whole NHS system works together effectively, will also help ease pressure on A&E.
“That is the central principles behind the new key actions for unscheduled care we have launched. It is also why we have invested some £100 million to tackle delayed discharge, to free up hospital beds and ensure patients are able to go home as soon as it is judged clinically right for them .”
Over the week ending 23:59 on Sunday the 31st May –
• There were 25,731 attendances to Scotland’s 31 Emergency Departments.
• The proportion of attendances to those 31 Emergency Departments that were seen and subsequently admitted, transferred or discharged within 4 hours was 92.6%.
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