ACCIDENT and emergency waiting times have continued to slide at Inverclyde Royal according to the latest figures. 

The percentage of patients seen within four hours of arrival at the hospital between June 19 and June 25 was 77.1 per cent, a fall from the previous week's rate of 82.8 per cent. 

It was higher than the Scottish average of 68.9 per cent and also bettered the figure across the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Health Board area, which was 67.6.