Scotland's accident and emergency ready instances have matched the best degree on document, in line with information figures.
A Scottish Authorities goal goals to make sure 95 per cent of these at A&E departments are seen and discharged or admitted inside 4 hours.
Figures revealed at this time present that simply 66.2 per cent within the week as much as April 10, matching the earlier low degree recorded within the week as much as March 20.
Public Well being Scotland states reveal that 7,705 of the 22,774 individuals who attended A&E waited greater than 4 hours.
In the meantime, 2,373 individuals waited greater than eight hours and 944 have been in hospital for longer than 12 hours.
Opposition events slammed the SNP authorities for its document on A&E ready instances.
Scottish Labour well being spokeswoman Jackie Baillie mentioned: "Barely every week goes by with out efficiency falling to document lows someplace in our NHS.
"A&E companies have been in essential situation for months now, however the SNP have did not act.
"Heroic NHS employees are working tirelessly to maintain issues working and maintain sufferers protected, however there's solely a lot that may be accomplished to paper over the cracks of SNP failure.
"Lives are at stake right here - we can not let this chaos change into the brand new regular in our emergency rooms.
"The SNP should act now to assist A&E companies and sort out issues like delayed discharge, that are piling stress on to companies."
Scottish Tory well being spokesman Dr Sandesh Gulhane mentioned the figures confirmed emergency care required "instant motion from the Well being Secretary".
"I concern we'll get the now acquainted sound of silence from Humza Yousaf," he mentioned.
"It is fully unacceptable that greater than one-third of sufferers are having to attend over 4 hours to be seen, as a result of these extra delays lead, tragically, to avoidable deaths.
"We're previous the current peak of Covid infections, so the variety of NHS employees absences should be easing.
"The issue is that the SNP authorities's appalling workforce planning means there isn't any slack within the system, and so there are employees shortages throughout Scotland's NHS and, particularly, in our emergency wards.
"A&E, like our well being service usually, is on its knees and but the SNP's solely resolution for the disaster is the Well being Secretary's flimsy Covid Restoration Plan, which merely is not reducing it. Sufferers and shattered employees deserve so significantly better."
Scottish Lib Dem chief Alex Cole-Hamilton urged the Scottish Authorities to "put aside" work on one other independence referendum - with some civil servants devising a brand new prospectus for an impartial Scotland - and repeated requires an inquiry to be held into the state of emergency care.
A spokeswoman for the Scottish Authorities mentioned: "The Covid-19 pandemic continues to place stress on hospitals and this week's efficiency in opposition to the four-hour A&E measure was 66.2%.
"Nonetheless, the determine is prone to be an undercount and direct weekly comparisons are troublesome as NHS Highland was unable to submit full information as a consequence of a technical difficulty.
"We proceed to see excessive ranges of Covid transmission and other people in our hospitals with the virus, however there are some indications that numbers are stabilising.
"Hospitals face capability points on account of excessive demand and employees absence whereas the excessive variety of sufferers presenting acutely unwell is resulting in longer stays."
She added: "NHS employees have labored extremely laborious in the course of the pandemic and so they have our thanks for the care they proceed to supply the individuals of Scotland.
"At present the Scottish Authorities has introduced that well being boards have recruited greater than 1,000 extra healthcare assist employees and virtually 200 registered nurses from abroad to assist deal with the unprecedented challenges going through well being companies. Preparations are in place to recruit an extra 203 abroad nurses."
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