The percentage of patients waiting over four hours at Accident and Emergency (A&E departments in Scotland has slightly improved but remains the fifth-worst since records began.

Some 68 per cent of patients were seen and admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours in the week to April 17, an improvement on 67 per cent the week before.

The Scottish Government target is 95 per cent.

Over 7,600 people waited more than four hours in the most recent week, while 2,200 waited over eight hours, and 900 waited 12 hours.

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