Accident and Emergency Waiting Times | First Minister’s Question Time | Scottish Parliament debates
As the First Minister knows, the reality is that the longer that people are forced to wait for that initial assessment, the greater the chance that their condition deteriorates. That speaks to the bigger problem in our NHS. Dr Fiona Hunter, from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in Scotland, said: “Long waits for triage […]
Accident and Emergency Waiting Times | First Minister’s Question Time | Scottish Parliament debates
To ask the First Minister for what reason at least 69,000 patients reportedly waited more than an hour to be triaged in A and E departments in the first half of this year. (S6F-03591)