Scotland, as a whole, has hit the target of 95% of patients in A&E seen within four hours for the last three months in succession. I don’t know what MSM coverage this is getting. For some regions the figure is pushing 99%. This is a massive achievement especially for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde with its huge population and the massive challenges posed by its surrounding population.

2017 /18 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 NHS AYRSHIRE & ARRAN 96.1% 95.3% 96.8% 96.7% 94.7% NHS BORDERS 93.6% 93.5% 97.2% 96.0% 96.8% NHS DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY 93.8% 95.4% 95.6% 94.8% 93.9% NHS FIFE 93.1% 94.7% 96.2% 96.3% 96.8% NHS FORTH VALLEY 90.9% 91.8% 94.6% 93.2% 93.5% NHS GRAMPIAN 96.1% 96.8% 97.1% 96.1% 95.6% NHS GREATER GLASGOW & CLYDE 89.3% 90.7% 93.1% 94.4% 93.6% NHS HIGHLAND 96.8% 97.4% 97.4% 97.7% 96.7% NHS LANARKSHIRE 91.9% 92.4% 94.5% 95.4% 94.5% NHS LOTHIAN 95.3% 95.1% 95.7% 96.1% 95.2% NHS ORKNEY 95.4% 96.4% 99.0% 95.0% 97.7% NHS SHETLAND 97.4% 96.5% 98.0% 97.1% 93.8% NHS TAYSIDE 98.6% 97.8% 98.7% 98.4% 98.3% NHS WESTERN ISLES 99.6% 99.3% 99.6% 99.5% 99.3% NHS SCOTLAND 93.4% 94.0% 95.5% 95.7% 95.0%

http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Emergency-Care/Publications/data-tables2017.asp?id=2015#2015

Scotland has now performed better than England in A&E every month for more than two years now

https://www.kingdomfm.co.uk/news/local-news/fife-aande-figures-among-best-in-uk/

In England, only 90.3% of patients were seen within the 4-hour target in August 2017. The target was last achieved in July 2015, more than two years ago

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/Monthly-performance-statistics-summary-Jul_Aug-17.pdf

I appreciate this kind of comparison can seem a little heartless and I do genuinely wish NHS England had a government like ours which has formed a good relationship with its health and social services but my purpose here is to remind people that the SNP government in Scotland is working well in this area as it is in others, despite the selective negativity of our mainstream media reporting and to compensate for the latter bias.