Accident and emergency departments in north and north-east are getting better at treating patients on time.
Accident and emergency waiting times have improved across the north and north-east.
The latest figures showed that A&E departments in Grampian treated, discharged or admitted 94.9% of patients within four hours or less during the week ending March 29, up from 92.1% the previous week and just shy of the 95% government target.
NHS Highland achieved 95.7% having slipped to 94.5% the previous week.
The island health boards all maintained their near perfect scores with the Orkney at 100%, Shetland 99.3% and the Western Isles at 98.4%.
Across Scotland performance slightly dipped to 91.3% treated within four hours during the week ending March 29, down from 91.7% the previous week.
Separate statistics looking at monthly performance against the target show 87.9% of people were seen within time in February, up from 87.1% in January.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said: “As the weekly figures for February have already shown us, this year’s winter was a very challenging one for our A&E departments.
“However, we are seeing signs of improvement with waits reducing in February when compared to January, and further improvement throughout March.”
Accident and emergency waiting times improving in north and north-east
