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By Professor John Robertson OBA
In December 2024, 54 207 people waited more than 12 hours [after triage and decision to admit] in NHS England A&E departments, up from 36 806 in July when Labour won the General Election promising change but more importantly dramatically up from 43 858 (23%) in December 2023.
I can’t make a comparison with NHS Scotland because, there, the count is from the moment you arrive at the reception whereas in England, in a typically sharp move, they restart the clock after you have been triaged and a decision has been made to admit you.
Sources https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/
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If you divide by 25, add 32 then feed it thru’ the BEEB Verity system, then NHS England has NO WAITING TIMES at all! True, and double checked by the Hootsmon!
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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).’
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