Scottish Conservative and Unionist MSP for South Scotland, Brian Whittle, says the SNP are still failing to give patients answers as to how waiting times will be brought under control in Ayrshire & Arran.
Brian believes patients in NHS Ayrshire & Arran are continuing to be failed by delays and inaction from SNP Health Secretary Humza Yousaf.
The SNP’s target is for 95% of patients to be seen at A&E within four hours. However, only 74.2% of patients across Scotland were treated within that time, the fourth week in a row that waiting time performance plummeted to a record low.
In Ayrshire & Arran only 78.5 % of patients were seen within four hours of arriving at A&E. That was worse than last week, and still well short of the SNP’s 95% target.
Brian says the SNP have only produced a flimsy NHS Recovery Plan which doesn’t provide new funding for A&E services.
Commenting, Scottish Conservative and Unionist MSP Brian Whittle said: “Patients in Ayrshire & Arran are continuing to be let down by delays and inaction from SNP Health Secretary Humza Yousaf.
“They are facing completely unacceptable delays with every passing week at accident and emergency departments at Ayr & Crosshouse. There’s no end in sight.
“In the face of a crisis in our NHS, all we’ve seen from the SNP is a flimsy pamphlet that they’re trying to pass off as an NHS Recovery Plan. It delivers no new funding for A&E services.
“Our heroic frontline staff in NHS Ayrshire & Arran are overwhelmed and crying out for real leadership from the SNP-Green Government.
“Patients need urgent answers as to how the Health Secretary will get on top of this situation to avoid waiting times completely spiralling out of control.”
