Record number of A&E 'trolley waits' reached in January, NHS say

[Northerner]

More than 100,000 A&E patients waited for hours to be treated in hospitals in January, the highest number since records began, NHS figures show.

There were 100,578 patients delayed more than four hours, of whom 2,846 waited more than 12 hours from decision to admit to admission, according to performance statistics released by NHS England.

For both delays, this is the highest number of “trolley waits” since records began.

It is an increase of 20.4% and 353.9% respectively from the same month a year ago, when there were 83,554 four-hour waits and just 627 12-hour waits.

The British Medical Association (BMA) said the figures showed the strain on the NHS was “relentless, deepening and showing no sign of recovery”.

https://www.theguardian.com/society...f-ae-trolley-waits-reached-in-january-nhs-say

 

[mikeyB]

NHS England is in a pitiful state - NHS Scotland is performing better in any every measurable statistic. Hancock wants to abolish the measure of waiting times so that Johnson can freely criticise the state of the NHS Scotland, and other public services in Scotland which will get more intense as polls consistently show more folk want independence to free themselves from the liars in charge of England. Austerity finished? My a**e. And Johnson's fibs about all this money sloshing around is eyewash. That's why his Chancellor has quit. He can't make the numbers add up every time Boris opens his gob.

£100 billion forHS2? I weep to think what that money would do for health, social care for young and old, and an increase in Benefits.