New figures show that nearly 1,000 patients waited more than four hours to be admitted, transferred or discharged in November last year.
The rate of people spending longer than the four hour target time in the Dumfries and Galloway 's accident and emergency departments has reached its worst level on record.
“The four hour target is there for a reason yet more and more people are having to wait in A&E for longer than half a day and that’s just appalling.” The 74.2 per cent success rate is the worst recorded for Dumfries and Galloway since PHS records began, with the previous worst being 75.1 in June last year.
They urged people to think hard before attending, highlighting other options such as the NHS Inform website, calling 111 or contacting their local pharmacy or GP practice.
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