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Mental health services wait times for young not good enough, admits Sturgeon

The waiting times faced by children and young people needing specialist mental health support are “not good enough”, Nicola Sturgeon has conceded. The First Minister was pressed on the issue amid concerns about the impact an influx of Ukrainian ...

17 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Government has ‘overseen years of decline in cancer and waiting times targets’

The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has “overseen years of decline” in the performance of NHS cancer and waiting times targets, MPs have said. The cross-party Public Accounts Committee criticised the department and NHS England as ...

16 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

A&E performances see slight improvement in latest weekly figures

Scotland’s A&E performances saw a slight improvement on the previous week, with 70.2% of patients being seen within four hours, according to the latest figures. Statistics from Public Health Scotland, covering the week up to April 24, show ...

03 May 2022 at 11:55

Scotland

More than half of cancer test waits longer than six weeks

More than half of the people waiting to receive a key cancer test have not been seen within the six-week target, official figures show. Some 141,262 patients were still to receive an MRI scan, CT scan, colonoscopy, endoscopy or ultrasound ...

22 Feb 2022 at 11:55

Scotland

Scottish Tories call for Humza Yousaf to act on ‘woeful’ A&E waiting times

Ministers are being urged to tackle the “woeful” waiting times figures for Scotland’s accident and emergency departments, as new figures show almost three out of 10 patients waited longer than the target time in the final week of ...

08 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Ambulance response times increase across England as waiting list hits 6.1m

The time people spend waiting for an ambulance has risen across England as the overall waiting list hits 6.1m, according to new figures. Data from NHS England shows that people with potentially life-threatening conditions are ...

10 Mar 2022 at 12:55

Scotland

Cancer waiting time performance falls further, latest figures show

Performance against a cancer waiting time standard fell further in the final three months of 2021, the latest statistics show. Ministers have set the target of having 95% of patients begin treatment within 62 days of being ...

29 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Scotland

Number of patients waiting more than 12 hours in A&E hits record figure

The number of people waiting at A&E for more than 12 hours has again reached the highest figure on record. Some 1,015 people waited more than half a day in the week ending March 20, according to official figures from ...

29 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Scotland

Patients should be told latest waiting times, say Lib Dems

Patients on waiting lists should be told the average and longest waiting times for their procedure, the Scottish Liberal Democrats have said. Party leader Alex Cole-Hamilton also called for the Scottish Government ...

30 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Improvement in A&E waiting times as 77% of patients seen within four hours

More than three quarters of patients attending accident and emergency were seen within four hours, the latest figures show. A&E waiting time figures reveal that 77.7% of patients were admitted to hospital, ...

01 Feb 2022 at 13:26

Scotland

Call for action as two years marked since A&E target met

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have urged the Government to take action on A&E waiting times as they mark two years since a key target was last met. Ministers aim to have 95% of people in emergency ...

10 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Latest A&E figures show slight improvement in waiting times

Waiting times at Scotland’s emergency departments have seen a slight improvement, the latest figures show. Data from Public Health Scotland, released on Tuesday, shows that 8,180 attendees at A&E ...

19 Jul 2022 at 13:21

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