Friday, January 23, 2015

A&E waiting times in England improve

Waiting times improve for second week in a row – but hospitals fail to meet target of 95% of patients seen within four hours

Waiting times in A&E departments of NHS hospitals in England improved for the second week in succession, but still failed to meet the target of 95% of patients seen within four hours.

Statistics released by NHS England showed that 92.4% of patients were admitted, transferred or discharged within the four-hour limit in the week ending January 18. About 8,900 patients waited more than four hours for admission, which NHS England said was “significantly down” from the 12,000 recorded in the previous week.

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