New figures reveal a significant number of ambulance patients in England are waiting over 30 minutes to be handed over to A&E teams. The data highlights the ongoing pressure on hospitals during the winter crisis, with nearly half of patients at major A&Es waiting over four hours for admission, transfer, or discharge. The figures show the impact on hospitals across the country, with the worst-hit trusts reporting over half of handovers taking longer than 30 minutes.
New figures have revealed the proportion of ambulance patients waiting at hospitals in England last week for more than 30 minutes to be handed to A&E teams.
Patients across England have been facing significant delays in major A&E departments over December, as the ongoing NHS winter crisis takes its toll on the nation's hospitals. In order, the latest NHS England data has revealed, for each trust, the total number of handovers where time was known, number of handovers longer than 30 minutes, followed by the percentage of handovers longer than 30 minutes. The smallest trusts – with fewer than 50 arrivals in the week ending January 5 2025 – have been excluded.
Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust had 498 handovers where time was recorded with 214 having waits of over 30 minutes, equating to 43.0 per cent. Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust had 1,511 handovers where time was recorded, with 325 having waits of over 30 minutes, equating to 21.5 per cent.
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