Half of Scotland's hospitals have failed to meet the Scottish Government's interim waiting times target for accident and emergency patients, new weekly performance figures have revealed.
Official health service data shows 92.4% of all patients were seen and either admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours - below the Scottish Government's interim target of 95% but a slight improvement on the previous week's performance of 92%.
A total of 26,762 patients attended A&E departments across the country in the week ending April 3.
Fifteen of the 30 hospitals where performance is monitored failed to meet the 95% interim target, with two hospitals failing to treat almost a fifth of patents within four hours.
At Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 81.5% of A&E cases were dealt with in this time, while medical staff at Ayr Hospital treated 81.6% within four hours.
Across NHS Ayrshire and Arran, 86.6% of patients in A&E were seen within four hours, the lowest proportion recorded by the 14 regional health boards in the week ending April 3. In NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 89% were seen within the target time.
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