ACCIDENT and emergency waiting times at Inverclyde Royal have improved.

The percentage of people who were seen within four hours of arrival at the hospital between September 12-18 was 81.4 per cent, an increase from the previous week's rate of 72.4.

The figure was better than the Scottish average of 66.2 per cent and the average across the Greater Glasgow & Clyde health board area, which stood at 67.9 per cent.