THREE times as many wait more than 12 hours in England’s A&E departments

NHS England, Type one A&E, for May 2024, 138 770 waiting more than 4 hours and 42 555 waiting more than 12.

59.7% seen within 4 hours.

NHS Scotland, Type ED full A&E, for May 2024, 9 252 waiting more than 4 hours and 1 350 waiting more than 12.

66.7% seen within 4 hours

So:

All things being equal NHS England with 10 times the population might have been expected to have 92 520 waiting more than 4 hours, but had 138 770, 50% more.

And 13 500 waiting more than 12 hours but had 42 555, more than THREE times as many.

As for the A&E 4 hour waiting time, NHS Scotland is 11.7% faster.

Sources:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/

https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/our-areas-of-work/acute-and-emergency-services/urgent-and-unscheduled-care/accident-and-emergency/#section-3-2

4 thoughts on “THREE times as many wait more than 12 hours in England’s A&E departments”

This surely cant be true we are not better than England Fiona Bruce will not allow it.

I saw comment hope the person does not mind me positing it here but its true.

When you hear unionist propaganda
“
@theSNP
have been in charge for 14 yrs”
Remember
The “union” has been in charge for 310+yrs!

What’s been achieved by the union?
An oil rich country with foodbanks
Wealth syphoned to spend on another country’s vanity projects
WMD’s
Subservience.

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To reinforce the important comparisons made in the main blog post:

NHS England source: ‘Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) Data April 2024 and May 2024 (Provisional) Statistical Commentary’ (https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/ECDS-Supplementary-Analysis-Statistical-Commentary-May-2024.pdf )

Twelve Hour Delays in NHS England’s A&E departments:

Of all the total attendances in April 2024, 138,658 waited more than 12 hours from arrival at A&E (10.2%).
Of all the total attendances in May 2024, 145,094 waited more than 12 hours from arrival at A&E (10.1%).

On June 20 2024, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) issued a press statement entitled: ‘Summer provides no respite for over-stretched Emergency Departments’. It was reporting on NHS Wales’ waiting times performance during the month of May: ’14.5% of patients (more than 1/7) had to endure waits of more than 12 hours (up 0.3% from April).’

In a press statement issued on June 4 2024 entitled ‘RCEM calls for next Westminster government to end “degrading” A&E waits in Scotland’, it reported the following for the month of April: ‘.. 6,412 (5.7%) patients had to endure waits of more than 12 hours.’.

So to summarise:

the 12 hours waits in NHS England account for c.10.1% of attendances in May
in Wales it’s 14.5% of attendances in May
in Scotland it’s just 5.7% of attendances in April. (Time series data show this substantially better performance by NHS Scotland is a long term feature – see graph provided on the RCEM’s website : ‘NHS Performance Tracker – 12 hour waits as a percentage of Type 1 attendances, measured from the patient’s time of arrival’.)

You may have noticed that the better performing NHS in Scotland gets much harsher language in the headlines of the RCEM’s two statements. Moreover, in the press statement on NHS Wales, the RCEM also has this: ‘“While we welcome the Welsh Government’s stated commitment to tacking the crisis in Wales’ EDs, and the work that it has started, it must press on with real urgency.’ The RCEM’s language in this press statement is ‘mild’ throughout.

The contrast in the RCEM’s use of language in its statement on NHS Scotland could hardly be more stark!. In the press statement on Scotland we find the following: ‘Dr John-Paul  Loughrey, Royal College of Emergency Medicine Vice President for Scotland, said: “Extreme waits in A&Es are degrading and dehumanising and critically they are dangerous.” (my emphasis).

Candidly, this is not an isolated example of contrasting use of language by senior figures in the RCEM! And in closing, it is notable that in the recent statement on NHS Scotland, referred to above, the RCEM uses the term ‘Scottish executive’ to refer to the Scottish Government!

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