Performance on waiting times targets at Scotland’s hospital A&E units has hit a new low.
Figures for the week ending 11 September showed just 63.5% of patients were dealt with within four hours.
Health Secretary Humza Yousaf said the figures were “not acceptable” and he was determined to improve performance.
Scottish Tory health spokesman Dr Sandesh Gulhane said the figures showed the “crisis in A&E is not merely continuing, but deepening”.
The Scottish government target is that 95% of patients attending A&E are seen and subsequently admitted or discharged within four hours.
The figure has been below 70% since May and the previous low was 64.8% at the beginning of July.
In the latest weekly figures from Public Health Scotland, 27,097 attended A&E and a record number waited more than four hours (9,895).
The number of people waiting more than eight hours was 3,367 – a new high – and 1,257 people waited longer than 12 hours.
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