Lanarkshire patient waits more than 15 hours in hospital A&E to be triaged

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A Lanarkshire hospital patient waited more than 15 hours to be triaged at an accident and emergency department last year, new figures show, obtained by the Scottish Conservatives show.More than 650,000 patients waited longer than 15 minutes to be triaged at A&E units across Scotland in 2022, according to data revealed under freedom of information requests from the Scottish Conservatives.And the longest wait was recorded as 906 minutes - more than 15 hours - in .The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Tory health spokesman Dr Sandesh Gulhane said the figures for initial assessments of patients at A&E are “terrifying”.He told Lanarkshire Live: “These terrifying and unacceptable stats put Scotland’s A&E crisis in sharp perspective.“Triaging is the first - and arguably most important - stage of patients’ passage through our emergency wards.“It’s a potentially life-saving assessment that allows medics to prioritise and treat the most seriously unwell patients immediately.“For those with severe chest pains, a delay to them being triaged could be the difference between dying from a heart attack or surviving.“Modelling by experts tells us that, currently, 60 people are dying every week because of excess A&E waits in Scotland - and in many cases that will start with delays to them being triaged.”Earlier this