Lanarkshire residents "deserve better" from the local health service, an MSP has claimed.
New figures showed hospitals throughout the region are still failing to reach the Scottish government's target times for people being seen at hospital.
At NHS Lanarkshire only 71.2 per cent of A&E attendees were seen within the four hour target, leaving hundreds of people waiting longer for treatment.
The figure is 71.4 per cent for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, which covers some of the Rutherglen area,
At Hairmyres Hospital, only 76.4 per cent were treated within four hours, while at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow that number was just 53.6 per cent.
The figures for Monklands Hospital was 72.1 per cent, while Wishaw General was the region's worst performer, at 65.4 per cent.
The Scottish Government say the waiting time issues are due to covid-19, and the amount of staff absences.
However Ms Duncan-Glancy, a Glasgow list MSP who covers the Rutherglen area, said lives were at risk unless the situation improved.
She blasted: "Despite warning after warning and NHS staff raising the alarm our A&E services are still in crisis and lives are on the line.
"These targets were being missed long before the pandemic began, and the situation has only gotten worse.
"People in Rutherglen fall between both health boards, but the SNP’s mismanagement of our NHS at this crucial point has meant that neither is delivering for them.
"Hairmyres hospital falls far below the national target in terms of wait times, and our city’s flagship QEUH has the worst performance of any in Scotland when it comes to and we must see an urgent plan to address this, to ensure people are able to access treatment when they need it.
"Time and time again the SNP has been warned, and time and time again they have failed to act – enough is enough. The people of Rutherglen and the rest of Scotland deserve so much better."
Only 74.9 per cent of A&E attendees were seen within the four-hour target time for the week ending January 16 this year.
For that week, 1,391 Scots spent over eight hours waiting in A&E departments with a further 475 spending more than 12 hours waiting.
The Scottish Government's health secretary Humza Yousaf has pledged that the situation will improve in the coming weeks.
He recently told the Scottish Parliament: "These figures are a reminder of the unprecedented challenges our NHS continues to face including high levels of people whose condition has deteriorated during the pandemic due to the backlog of waiting lists and the significantly faster rate of increase in COVID-19 hospitalisations this year compared to last January.
"Although the next few weeks will undoubtedly continue to be very challenging, I would expect to see an improvement in performance in the weeks ahead.
"To support the workforce and maximise capacity we have introduced a range of measures including new remote monitoring tools to support people with COVID-19 to stay safely at home.
"We have also expanded capacity in NHS24 so they can help more people and further alleviate pressures on the rest of NHS and social care.
"Scotland’s core A&E departments continue to outperform those in the rest of the UK, and have done so for more than six years."
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