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It’s worth adding the performance stats on long waits from TIME OF ARRIVAL in order to compare with NHS Scotland.

NHS England statistics on waits in A&E departments over 12 hours from time of arrival are published monthly. However, the data have also been compiled for ease of reference in something called ‘Supplementary ECDS Analysis Time Series February 2023 Onwards (XLS, 41.9KB)’.

Using this source it is possible to compare and contrast the number and percentage of A&E attendances spending 12 hours or more from time of arrival to admission, discharge or transfer. Set out below are snapshots of before and after a Labour government and the equivalent NHS Scotland performance statistic.

July 2023 = 96,206 attendances over 12 hours (7.2% of attendances). (NHS Scotland – unplanned only = 2.2%. Including ‘planned’ attendances can lower the number slightly)

July 2024 = 131,710 (9.1%) (NHS Scotland – unplanned only = 4.5%)

December 2023 = 156,215 (11.5%) (NHS Scotland – unplanned = 5.4%)

December 2024 =166,989 (12.0%) (NHS Scotland – unplanned = 7.1%)

The new Labour government inherited a long waits performance in July of 9.1%. By September this was 9.9%, by October it was 11.2% and by November 2024 it was 10.8%, reaching 12.0% in December 2024, the latest figure available today.

NHS Scotland statistics above come from: https://publichealthscotland.scot/media/31402/2025-02-04-ae-monthly-attendance-and-waiting-times.xlsx

The Public Health Scotland release for the week ending 26 January 2025 report this: ‘1,566 (6.7%) patients spent more than 12 hours in a type 1 Department (compared to 1,651 (6.8%) the previous week, and 1,490 (5.6%) weekly average for 2024).’