Scotland's A&E Safety Challenge

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Delivering safe care a challenge in Scotland's A&Es, doctor warns

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Dr John Paul Loughrey warns winter planning is not doing enough to support A&Es.

Scottish government says it is prioritising investment in front-line services.

August 's emergency department waiting times were the worst ever for that month .

Government target that 95% of patients should be admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours has not been met since 2021 .

Dr Loughrey added: Patients with mental health problems, the frail, the elderly and the vulnerable are the least able to be able to tolerate those ultra long delays in A&E departments’ Prof Andrew Elder , president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh , said: “As we move closer to another Scottish winter, when pressure on access to and flow through our acute hospital beds will rise substantially.

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