A&E attendances seen within four hours, Scotland
The share of attendances at A&E in Scotland where the patient was admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours of arrival, at all A&E sites and at emergency departments alone, each month since July 2007.
Seen within four hours, all A&E sites
66.7%
Aug 2026 · 101,584 of 152,331 attendances
Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 11:51 UTC- All A&E sites
- Emergency departments
Source: Public Health Scotland. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
230 periods, newest first
| Period | All A&E sites | Emergency departments |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 66.7% | 62.3% |
| Jul 2026 | 69.1% | 64.9% |
| Jun 2026 | 67.9% | 63.8% |
| May 2026 | 67.6% | 63.6% |
| Apr 2026 | 68.0% | 64.2% |
| Mar 2026 | 67.5% | 63.5% |
| Feb 2026 | 66.4% | 62.4% |
| Jan 2026 | 65.0% | 61.2% |
| Dec 2025 | 66.9% | 63.4% |
| Nov 2025 | 66.6% | 62.9% |
| Oct 2025 | 66.7% | 62.8% |
| Sep 2025 | 67.8% | 63.7% |
| Aug 2025 | 68.9% | 64.7% |
| Jul 2025 | 71.2% | 67.3% |
| Jun 2025 | 70.8% | 66.9% |
| May 2025 | 71.9% | 68.0% |
| Apr 2025 | 71.1% | 67.0% |
| Mar 2025 | 70.6% | 66.7% |
| Feb 2025 | 67.7% | 63.5% |
| Jan 2025 | 66.3% | 62.1% |
| Dec 2024 | 63.4% | 59.4% |
| Nov 2024 | 67.1% | 63.5% |
| Oct 2024 | 67.5% | 63.7% |
| Sep 2024 | 70.3% | 66.6% |
| Aug 2024 | 70.4% | 66.6% |
| Jul 2024 | 70.5% | 66.8% |
| Jun 2024 | 69.9% | 65.9% |
| May 2024 | 71.7% | 68.1% |
| Apr 2024 | 68.0% | 64.3% |
| Mar 2024 | 68.0% | 64.3% |
| Feb 2024 | 67.6% | 64.1% |
| Jan 2024 | 66.0% | 62.3% |
| Dec 2023 | 66.5% | 62.9% |
| Nov 2023 | 67.8% | 64.0% |
| Oct 2023 | 68.8% | 65.1% |
| Sep 2023 | 70.5% | 66.8% |
| Aug 2023 | 71.7% | 68.2% |
| Jul 2023 | 73.1% | 69.9% |
| Jun 2023 | 72.9% | 69.3% |
| May 2023 | 71.1% | 67.5% |
| Apr 2023 | 69.6% | 66.0% |
| Mar 2023 | 68.3% | 64.8% |
| Feb 2023 | 69.9% | 66.6% |
| Jan 2023 | 69.0% | 65.6% |
| Dec 2022 | 62.4% | 58.7% |
| Nov 2022 | 67.8% | 64.4% |
| Oct 2022 | 67.8% | 64.3% |
| Sep 2022 | 69.3% | 65.9% |
| Aug 2022 | 69.9% | 66.3% |
| Jul 2022 | 70.3% | 66.8% |
| Jun 2022 | 71.6% | 68.3% |
| May 2022 | 73.3% | 70.3% |
| Apr 2022 | 72.5% | 69.4% |
| Mar 2022 | 71.9% | 68.7% |
| Feb 2022 | 74.5% | 72.0% |
| Jan 2022 | 76.3% | 74.0% |
| Dec 2021 | 76.0% | 74.0% |
| Nov 2021 | 76.2% | 74.0% |
| Oct 2021 | 73.8% | 71.2% |
| Sep 2021 | 76.4% | 74.1% |
| Aug 2021 | 78.1% | 75.6% |
| Jul 2021 | 81.8% | 79.7% |
| Jun 2021 | 85.2% | 83.7% |
| May 2021 | 87.3% | 86.2% |
| Apr 2021 | 88.9% | 87.8% |
| Mar 2021 | 88.6% | 87.7% |
| Feb 2021 | 86.3% | 85.1% |
| Jan 2021 | 86.2% | 85.1% |
| Dec 2020 | 86.5% | 85.1% |
| Nov 2020 | 89.8% | 88.5% |
| Oct 2020 | 89.6% | 88.3% |
| Sep 2020 | 92.1% | 91.1% |
| Aug 2020 | 92.9% | 92.0% |
| Jul 2020 | 95.1% | 94.5% |
| Jun 2020 | 95.6% | 95.2% |
| May 2020 | 95.7% | 95.4% |
| Apr 2020 | 94.9% | 94.4% |
| Mar 2020 | 89.2% | 87.8% |
| Feb 2020 | 87.1% | 85.4% |
| Jan 2020 | 86.1% | 84.3% |
| Dec 2019 | 83.8% | 81.6% |
| Nov 2019 | 85.5% | 83.5% |
| Oct 2019 | 87.7% | 86.0% |
| Sep 2019 | 89.3% | 87.5% |
| Aug 2019 | 90.6% | 88.8% |
| Jul 2019 | 91.2% | 89.6% |
| Jun 2019 | 90.3% | 88.6% |
| May 2019 | 90.7% | 89.1% |
| Apr 2019 | 89.9% | 88.2% |
| Mar 2019 | 91.3% | 90.0% |
| Feb 2019 | 89.3% | 87.8% |
| Jan 2019 | 88.8% | 87.3% |
| Dec 2018 | 89.6% | 88.2% |
| Nov 2018 | 91.3% | 89.9% |
| Oct 2018 | 92.2% | 91.0% |
| Sep 2018 | 90.9% | 89.4% |
| Aug 2018 | 92.0% | 90.6% |
| Jul 2018 | 93.0% | 91.8% |
| Jun 2018 | 92.8% | 91.6% |
| May 2018 | 93.1% | 91.9% |
| Apr 2018 | 90.0% | 88.5% |
| Mar 2018 | 87.9% | 86.4% |
| Feb 2018 | 90.3% | 89.0% |
| Jan 2018 | 87.2% | 85.5% |
| Dec 2017 | 85.1% | 83.0% |
| Nov 2017 | 93.3% | 92.4% |
| Oct 2017 | 94.4% | 93.5% |
| Sep 2017 | 93.5% | 92.5% |
| Aug 2017 | 95.0% | 94.1% |
| Jul 2017 | 95.7% | 95.1% |
| Jun 2017 | 95.5% | 94.8% |
| May 2017 | 94.0% | 92.9% |
| Apr 2017 | 93.4% | 92.3% |
| Mar 2017 | 93.8% | 92.8% |
| Feb 2017 | 92.5% | 91.7% |
| Jan 2017 | 91.9% | 90.8% |
| Dec 2016 | 92.6% | 91.6% |
| Nov 2016 | 93.6% | 92.7% |
| Oct 2016 | 93.9% | 93.1% |
| Sep 2016 | 94.9% | 94.2% |
| Aug 2016 | 94.8% | 94.0% |
| Jul 2016 | 95.8% | 95.0% |
| Jun 2016 | 95.7% | 95.0% |
| May 2016 | 94.5% | 93.6% |
| Apr 2016 | 95.1% | 94.6% |
| Mar 2016 | 93.1% | 92.2% |
| Feb 2016 | 92.9% | 92.0% |
| Jan 2016 | 91.8% | 90.8% |
| Dec 2015 | 94.9% | 94.5% |
| Nov 2015 | 94.9% | 94.4% |
| Oct 2015 | 94.7% | 94.0% |
| Sep 2015 | 95.4% | 95.0% |
| Aug 2015 | 95.2% | 94.5% |
| Jul 2015 | 95.8% | 95.3% |
| Jun 2015 | 94.3% | 93.4% |
| May 2015 | 93.5% | 92.6% |
| Apr 2015 | 92.8% | 91.8% |
| Mar 2015 | 92.2% | 91.1% |
| Feb 2015 | 87.9% | 86.2% |
| Jan 2015 | 87.1% | 85.4% |
| Dec 2014 | 89.9% | 88.6% |
| Nov 2014 | 91.8% | 90.6% |
| Oct 2014 | 91.8% | 90.8% |
| Sep 2014 | 93.5% | 92.6% |
| Aug 2014 | 93.2% | 92.2% |
| Jul 2014 | 94.6% | 93.8% |
| Jun 2014 | 94.0% | 93.1% |
| May 2014 | 92.7% | 91.7% |
| Apr 2014 | 93.0% | 92.0% |
| Mar 2014 | 93.3% | 92.5% |
| Feb 2014 | 91.8% | 90.8% |
| Jan 2014 | 92.2% | 91.4% |
| Dec 2013 | 93.5% | 92.7% |
| Nov 2013 | 94.7% | 94.1% |
| Oct 2013 | 93.9% | 93.1% |
| Sep 2013 | 94.8% | 94.0% |
| Aug 2013 | 95.1% | 94.3% |
| Jul 2013 | 95.9% | 95.1% |
| Jun 2013 | 94.6% | 93.7% |
| May 2013 | 94.6% | 93.6% |
| Apr 2013 | 91.6% | 90.4% |
| Mar 2013 | 91.9% | 90.7% |
| Feb 2013 | 91.9% | 90.7% |
| Jan 2013 | 89.7% | 88.3% |
| Dec 2012 | 90.3% | 89.0% |
| Nov 2012 | 93.5% | 92.6% |
| Oct 2012 | 94.4% | 93.5% |
| Sep 2012 | 95.0% | 94.2% |
| Aug 2012 | 95.5% | 94.7% |
| Jul 2012 | 96.2% | 95.6% |
| Jun 2012 | 95.1% | 94.5% |
| May 2012 | 94.7% | 93.8% |
| Apr 2012 | 94.2% | 93.5% |
| Mar 2012 | 95.4% | 94.7% |
| Feb 2012 | 94.4% | 93.7% |
| Jan 2012 | 94.3% | 93.7% |
| Dec 2011 | 94.7% | 94.1% |
| Nov 2011 | 96.3% | 95.8% |
| Oct 2011 | 95.9% | 95.3% |
| Sep 2011 | 96.0% | 95.3% |
| Aug 2011 | 97.0% | 96.5% |
| Jul 2011 | 97.1% | 96.7% |
| Jun 2011 | 96.0% | 95.4% |
| May 2011 | 95.9% | 95.3% |
| Apr 2011 | 95.9% | 95.2% |
| Mar 2011 | 95.3% | 94.7% |
| Feb 2011 | 95.0% | 94.3% |
| Jan 2011 | 93.7% | 92.8% |
| Dec 2010 | 94.8% | 94.2% |
| Nov 2010 | 96.1% | 95.6% |
| Oct 2010 | 96.8% | 96.3% |
| Sep 2010 | 97.1% | 96.7% |
| Aug 2010 | 97.0% | 96.5% |
| Jul 2010 | 97.9% | 97.5% |
| Jun 2010 | 97.4% | 97.0% |
| May 2010 | 97.2% | 96.9% |
| Apr 2010 | 97.1% | 96.8% |
| Mar 2010 | 96.5% | 96.1% |
| Feb 2010 | 96.4% | 96.0% |
| Jan 2010 | 96.0% | 95.6% |
| Dec 2009 | 97.2% | 96.9% |
| Nov 2009 | 97.4% | 97.1% |
| Oct 2009 | 97.4% | 97.1% |
| Sep 2009 | 98.0% | 97.7% |
| Aug 2009 | 98.0% | 97.8% |
| Jul 2009 | 98.2% | 98.0% |
| Jun 2009 | 97.9% | 97.7% |
| May 2009 | 97.8% | 97.6% |
| Apr 2009 | 97.3% | 97.0% |
| Mar 2009 | 97.7% | 97.5% |
| Feb 2009 | 97.3% | 97.0% |
| Jan 2009 | 96.5% | 96.2% |
| Dec 2008 | 96.6% | 96.4% |
| Nov 2008 | 97.7% | 97.5% |
| Oct 2008 | 98.1% | 98.0% |
| Sep 2008 | 98.2% | 98.0% |
| Aug 2008 | 97.8% | 97.5% |
| Jul 2008 | 98.5% | 98.4% |
| Jun 2008 | 98.2% | 98.0% |
| May 2008 | 98.1% | 97.9% |
| Apr 2008 | 97.7% | 97.5% |
| Mar 2008 | 97.5% | 97.2% |
| Feb 2008 | 97.9% | 97.7% |
| Jan 2008 | 97.4% | 97.2% |
| Dec 2007 | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Nov 2007 | 97.6% | 97.4% |
| Oct 2007 | 97.1% | 96.9% |
| Sep 2007 | 96.7% | 96.5% |
| Aug 2007 | 96.3% | 96.0% |
| Jul 2007 | 96.6% | 96.3% |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Public Health Scotland
- Check it yourself
- https://publichealthscotland.scot/healthcare-system/urgent-and-unscheduled-care/accident-and-emergency/overview/
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 28 October 2026, 11:49 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/monthly-accident-and-emergency-activity-and-waiting-timesSHA-256 023e7f3c06f0ba7a548ac4456e66b0b07070f00b7cd663352cf3686308ff2052 · 44,755 bytes
- https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/997acaa5-afe0-49d9-b333-dcf84584603d/resource/37ba17b1-c323-492c-87d5-e986aae9ab59/download/monthly_ae_activity_202608.csvSHA-256 092387e1d11b96b68ad665c01652be3aa6ba418684ef55a89126d74e65076f66 · 4,846,869 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 11:51 UTC Run at 28 October 2026, 11:51 UTC; 460 of 460 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Public Health Scotland; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-28T11:49:29Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 460 of 460 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 460 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 460 of 460 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | Public Health Scotland file is current | latest period 2026-08 ended 58 days before retrieval (limit 100) |
| Pass | PHS demographics file agrees on attendances | 104 of 104 monthly emergency department attendance totals since 2018-01 in the stored file match https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/997acaa5-afe0-49d9-b333-dcf84584603d/resource/6abbf8e4-e4e0-4a56-a7b9-f7c7b4171ff3/download/opendata_monthly_ae_demographics_202608.csv. PHS publishes no route to the four-hour counts that its robots.txt allows other than this file, so the percentages rest on the live re-fetch |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://publichealthscotland.scot/healthcare-system/urgent-and-unscheduled-care/accident-and-emergency/overview/ – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- All A&E sites are emergency departments and minor injury units, as England's "all types" are; the emergency departments series compares with England's type 1 departments. Scotland's four-hour standard is the same as England's, but the two nations' figures come from different systems.
- Planned ("new planned") attendances are counted from November 2020.