Murdo has slammed the SNP Government for “scandalous” A & E waiting time figures for patients in Fife.
He was commenting following the release of recent data which shows that the amount of people seen within the SNP target of four hours fell from 881 in the week ending October 6 to 877 in the week ending October 13.
And the statistics also reveal that the number of Fife A & E patients who waited more than four hours increased from 394 to 437 in the same time period.
In addition, the number of A & E patients in Fife who had to wait more than 12 hours to be seen (20) remained the same.
Commenting, Murdo said: “These A & E waiting times for patients in Fife are scandalous to be honest and are a damning indictment of this inept SNP Government. Time and time again our party has called on Health Secretary Neil Gray to grasp just how serious a problem this issue is, which is shown by the SNP not meeting their A & E waiting time target since July 2020.
“The SNP are failing A & E patients in Fife and across Scotland. They need to address matters like this which are important to local residents. Instead, they are wasting time and taxpayers’ money on producing ludicrous publications such as suggesting there are 27 different gender categories in Scotland – this nonsense just beggars’ belief.”
Murdo continued: “The SNP Government need to realise that patients and staff want waiting times reduced and for valuable support to be directed towards crucial services. These are bread and butter issues that matter to residents.”
The data was published by Public Health Scotland.
