Murdo has slammed “atrocious” A&E waiting times in Fife.
His call comes after only 70.2% of patients across Scotland were seen within four hours of arriving at A&E.
The SNP’s target is for 95% of patients to be seen within four hours, but that target has not been met since July 2020. The latest figures published by Public Health Scotland show that only 72.9% of patients waiting in the A&E department in Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy (for the week beginning May 15) were seen within the target of four hours. This was only slightly up on the figure for the previous week (May 8), which was 70.3%.
Mr Fraser says it is completely unacceptable that so many patients are facing excessive A&E waiting times in Fife.
Commenting, Murdo Fraser MSP said: “We are fast approaching summer and the picture with Covid is improving, yet A&E waiting times in Fife are still atrocious.
“Far too many patients in Fife are continuing to suffer excessive waits in A&E, which will ultimately lead to yet more unnecessary deaths.
“The SNP have missed their A&E waiting times target week after week, month after month, but we still see little in the way of action from the Health Secretary.”
Mr Fraser continued: “Humza Yousaf needs to finally accept his flimsy NHS Recovery plan - produced almost a year ago - simply isn’t working for Fife.
“He must urgently and belatedly come up with a new strategy in order to ensure A&E waiting times dramatically improve.”
