Waiting times for treatment in Scotland's accident and emergency departments are at a record low, according to statistics published today.
The figures show that 98.3 per cent of patients spent less than four hours in A&E between arrival and admission, transfer or discharge during June 2008.
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Two reviews have uncovered a catalogue of problems with Lancashire’s mental health services, which have led to patients being unlawfully detained in seclusion rooms and a crisis situation developing in the county’s emergency departments.
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Consultants have written to a teaching trust’s directors and taken to social media to raise concerns about its struggling emergency services, which have been among the worst performing in England against the four-hour target.
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