ACCIDENT and emergency waiting times at Inverclyde Royal have worsened in the latest week figures are available for. 

The percentage of patients who were seen within four hours of arrival at the hospital between May 29 and June 4 was 81.8 per cent, a fall from the previous week's figure of 85.6.

The figure was higher than the Scottish average of 69.2 per cent and the rate across the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Health Board area, which was 71 per cent.