The time spent in Scottish A&Es is more than four hours for over a quarter of patients, according to the latest figures.
On average, NHS Scotland health boards met the four-hour standard 71.3% of the time in June. The target aims to have no patient spend longer than four hours between arriving at an Accident & Emergency unit, admission, and discharge or transfer.
Almost 11,000 patients (8.4%) spent more than eight hours in an A&E department, according to the most recent figures by Public Health Scotland (PHS).
None of Scotland's 14 health boards met the four-hour standard. The worst performer was NHS Lanarkshire at 57.8% whilst the highest scoring was NHS Western Isles which met the standard 99.1% of the time.
In June, 135,682 people attended Scotland's A&E services, and of these, three percent of patients (3,937 people) spent more than 12 hours in an A&E department.
Attendances at A&E departments have been rising since spring 2021 and reaching closer to pre-Covid levels.
"From the summer of 2021 performance against the four hour standard has dropped below 80% and has remained at this rate for a prolonged period of time," said PHS.
Scotland A&E waiting times by health board by four hour standard
The four-hour standard is based on patients being seen with a resulting admission, transfer or discharge in four hours. The following ranking is based on PHS' figures for June 2022.
1. NHS Lanarkshire - 57.8%
2. NHS Forth Valley - 62.7%
3. NHS Borders - 65.5%
4. NHS Lothian - 66.2%
5. NHS Ayrshire and Arran - 69%
6. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde - 72.4%
7. NHS Grampian - 73.4%
8. NHS Fife - 74.9%
9. NHS Dumfries and Galloway - 79.4%
10. NHS Highland - 85.1%
11. NHS Tayside - 91.6%
12. NHS Orkney - 92.6%
13. NHS Shetland - 94.7%
14. NHS Western Isles - 99.1%
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