Accident and emergency units miss official four-hour wait target by biggest margin since 2004
Accident and emergency units in England have missed the official waiting time target over the past three months by the biggest margin in a decade, with 91.8% of patients being treated or discharged within four hours.
The latest quarterly figures from NHS England testify to the relentless pressure on hospital A&E departments as well as walk-in and urgent care centres, where patients go without prior appointments. The government target is for 95% of those arrivals to be dealt with within four hours. In the previous quarter, to December 2014, 92.6% of patients were seen within four hours.
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