NHS & doctors
A&E seen within 4 hours
Derived66.7%
Aug 2026 · 2.4pp vs previous month
Overdue · as of 01 Aug 2026no date announced
2 months old · Monthly, first Tuesday
Explained
A&E seen within 4 hours: the official figure explained
The latest a&e seen within 4 hours figure from Public Health Scotland, with its period, release dates and full source link.
The live figure
Public Health Scotland
What it measures
A&E seen within 4 hours — 203,168 of 304,662 attendances seen within 4 hours · Scotland. The figure is published by Public Health Scotland and covers Aug 2026.
How often it is published
Public Health Scotland publishes this monthly, first tuesday. UKStats shows the figure exactly as published and never estimates values between releases.
Publisher notes
Totalled from Public Health Scotland's published monthly attendance counts for every A&E site. The 95% standard is set by the Scottish Government.
How UKStats derives it
Sum of published site-level monthly attendance counts
Methodology
Public Health Scotland — original publicationUKStats reproduces the published figure exactly; the publisher's own methodology notes are the authoritative description of how it is compiled.
Cite this figure
Public Health Scotland, "A&E seen within 4 hours", Aug 2026. Via UKStats (ukstats.co.uk/explained/nhs-scot-ae-4hr), accessed 12 October 2026. Original: https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/monthly-accident-and-emergency-activity-and-waiting-timesEmbed this figure
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