ACCIDENT and Emergency waiting times have improved in Glasgow hospitals according to the latest figures.

 

All four departments in the city showed fewer people waiting more than four hours but performance is still below the target.

Across the Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board area 89% of patients were seen within four hours in the week ending March 15, up from 84% the previous week.

The Western which has been the lowest at meeting the four hour target improved from 77% to 83%.

The Royal Infirmary increased from 81% to 89%, the Southern from 82% to 87% and the Victoria from 80% to 88%.

The improvement was greater than nationally with figures for all Scotland going from 90.1% to 92.2%.

Scottish Government welcomed the progress while Labour said the results meant promises were still being broken.

Health Secretary Shone Robison said: "It is encouraging to see that performance at Scotland's core A&E sites is continuing to move in the right direction, with all boards across the country seeing, treating and either discharging or admitting around nine out of 10 people within four hours.

Labour health spokeswoman, Jenny Marra, said: "We have a target in Scotland of ensuring 98% of A&E patients are seen within four hours because we recognise that every patient deserves to be seen within a reasonable amount of time and the sooner they get treatment, the quicker their recovery is likely to be.

"It is unacceptable that for 284 weeks in a row, the SNP Government in Edinburgh has missed this target. Every week is a promise to patients broken."