Professor John Robertson OBA

In February 2024, as the UK Conservative Government’s management of NHS England seemed to be collapsing into a full-blown crisis, NHS England’s full, Type 1, A&E departments treated 760 821 of 1 347 642 patients attending, within the 4 hour target and only 44 420 had to wait longer than 12 hours.¹

In February 2025, after 7 months of the UK Labour Government’s management, NHS England’s full, Type 1, A&E departments treated only 741 834 of the smaller number of 1 271 336 patients attending within the 4 hour target but a greater number 47 623 had to wait longer than 12 hours.²

To put it simply, in February 2025, despite fewer people attending Type 1 A&E departments in England than had done the previous year, fewer were seen within the 4 hour target and more had to wait more than 12 hours. By every measure, Labour have made NHS England’s A&E even worse than the Tories managed!

Sources:

1. https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/ae-attendances-and-emergency-admissions-2023-24/
2. https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/ae-attendances-and-emergency-admissions-2024-25/