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From Public Health Scotland Accident and emergency Accredited official statistics for December 2025, published today, 63.5% were treated within 4 hours and 2.1% waited more than 12 hours in Type 1 full Emergency departments.
In NHS England, in the same month, 59.6% were treated within 4 hours.
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/
That 3.9% difference does not seem much at face value but remember we’re talking about around 30 000 people in Scotland and half a million people in England, so more than a thousand in Scotland were seen within 4 hours in Scotland who would not have been had they lived in England and 10 000 in England who were not seen within 4 hours in England would have been had they lived here.
Waiting more than 12 hours? Difficult. NHS England starts the clock again after people are admitted whereas NHS Scotland counts from when they come in the door so I can’t compare with these recent data but the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has previously exposed them to reveal twice as many in NHS England. See:
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