A Conservative MSP has called Fife's A&E waiting times "beyond disgraceful".
Murdo Fraser, who represents Mid Scotland and Fife, made the judgement after statistics showed that targets were not being met.
He commented: "A&E waiting times in Fife are beyond disgraceful.
"This is happening week after week and our staff in Fife simply cannot cope anymore. More and more patients in the Kingdom are suffering excessive waits and we know that these lead to avoidable deaths.
"We need to finally see an urgent strategy to tackle these lengthy waits at A&E from SNP Health Secretary Humza Yousaf."
The SNP had aimed to have 95 per cent of patients seen within a four hour period, however this has not been met since July 2020.
In Fife, just 74.5 per cent were looked at within target during the week ending March 13.
This number was above the Scottish average of 68.4 per cent.
NHS Fife Director of Acute Services, Claire Dobson, said: "Our healthcare services and the staff working there continue to persevere working under extremely challenging circumstances.
"The demand for patient care within the Emergency Department at the Victoria Hospital has been sustained at a very high level for a number of weeks and on Monday (28th March) our ED recorded one of its busiest days on record.
"The reasons behind the increasing demand for urgent and emergency care are multifactorial but is no doubt impacted by the increasing community transmission of Covid-19 and while patients may wait longer for less urgent issues, all efforts are made to ensure that the most critically ill patients are assessed and treated as a priority.
"We continue to ask the people of Fife to use their Emergency Department responsibly and where appropriate make use of the full range of support available - details of which are available on NHS Inform."
Mr Fraser called for Humza Yousaf to "get a grip" on the situation, which he called a "crisis".
"He’s seen this crisis engulfing Fife for months yet has done nothing about it and is still pointing to his flimsy NHS Recovery Plan from last August," he said.
"That’s not good enough and these figures could get even worse in Fife if he doesn’t get a grip once and for all."
In February, the Press reported that only 67.4 per cent of patients attending A&E in Fife last month were seen inside the Scottish Government's target.
At the time, Mr Yousaf said that around four per cent of the NHS workforce were absent for reasons relating to coronavirus, and that the figures represented "unprecedented challenges".
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