The new data from NHS England reveals the true extent of A&E pressures across the nation
More than 31 per cent of people waited in excess of 12 hours in the A&E departments of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust in February, according to the first figures of their kind.reveals the true extent of A&E pressures across the nation, with 125,505 people – or 10.6 per cent of nearly 1.2 million patients – waiting more than 12 hours before being admitted, transferred or discharged in February.
North Bristol and Royal Berkshire NHS trusts, recording 1.3 per cent, and Guy’s & St Thomas’ in London, recording 1.1 per cent respectively, were the best performing trusts, aside from Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Only 0.6 per cent of patients waited more than 12 hours in the latter two.
NHS waiting times have been further threatened this week after tens of thousands of junior doctors started a four-day strike over pay, with fears an estimated 350,000 appointments will need to be rescheduled. Waits of more than 52 weeks are down from 379,245 in January to 362,498 in February. The target for eliminating them completely is March 2025.
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