"Summer of hell" faces hospital patients, says politician

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Patients face a "summer of hell" as "depressing" new figures reveal the true toll taken on Paisley's Royal Alexandra Hospital by a new rise in covid cases.Fresh fears have been expressed as Paisley's struggling A&E faces a fresh slump in performance.It comes as NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde bosses urge patients to stay away from hospitals unless their condition is "very urgent or life-threatening" for the second time in less than a week.Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here.NHS data shows hundreds of patients at Paisley's hospital waited hours for treatment as waiting times rise again and performance slumps again.Figures reveal that just 56.5 per cent of the 1,159 patients who sought treatment at the Corsebar Road hospital's emergency department were seen in line with the Scottish Government's four hour A&E wait time policy.More than 700 patients waited more than four hours for treatment in the week until June 26.The Scottish Government's own targets call for 95 per cent of patients to be admitted, transferred or discharged with the timeframe - a target which has been widely missed since the pandemic began.A&E figures enjoyed a slow recovery for a two week spell before plummeting repeatedly in recent weeks.The Scottish Government has been accused of ignoring the crisis facing the NHS as conditions for struggling staff and patients worsen.Paisley-based politician Neil Bibby, who was instrumental in pressuring Holyrood health supremo Humza Yousaf into visiting the under-pressure RAH in March, branded the figures "unacceptable".

He told the Express: "These figures are utterly depressing with almost one in two people waiting over four hours. That is unacceptable and