"Life-threatening" delays face A&E patients in Paisley, says politician
dailyrecord.co.ukFears have been raised over “life-threatening” delays at Paisley’s Royal Alexandra Hospital following a fresh slump in performance.New figures released this week show patients are facing increasing waits for emergency treatment at the struggling site.And MSP Neil Bibby, who has been fighting for knackered workers at the RAH for months, has branded the latest waiting times figures “beyond belief”.It comes as nursing leaders sounded the alarm over fears for the increasing numbers of patients being treated in corridors and on trollies across Scotland.Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.
Sign up to our newsletters here.NHS data this week shows that just 52.8 per cent of the 1,052 patients who attended for emergency treatment at the Corsebar Road hospital were seen in line with four hour targets.The Scottish Government demands 95 per cent of A&E patients are admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours - a target which has fallen by the wayside since the pandemic began.But after a brief recovery in waiting times, which peaked just weeks ago at 61.9 per cent compliance with the four hour target have now dropped dramatically.The latest figure has fallen below even last week’s low of 53 per cent to amongst the worst recorded.Data shows the hospital’s lowest figure against compliance since current records began less than six years ago was 49.8 per against the target in the week ending March 13 this year but patient figures were higher at 1,112 attendances.The slide in performance, as the Scottish Government insists that A&E departments in Scotland are outperforming those in the rest of the UK, has prompted fears that “it will soon be the norm” for patients to wait more than four hours for emergency
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