Shocking FOUR times as many, per head, wait more than 12 hours in NHS England, than in NHS Scotland, Type 1 A&E departments

Professor John Robertson OBA

From A&E activity: month ending 30 May 2025 published today:

There were 28,382 attendances at type 1 departments in NHS Scotland (compared to 27,560 the previous week, and 26,833 weekly average for 2024).Attendances of under 4 hours

19,160 (67.5%) of type 1 attendances were seen and resulted in a subsequent admission, transfer or discharge within 4 hours (compared to 18,367 (66.6%) the previous week, and 17,357 (64.7%) weekly average for 2024).Attendances of over 8 hours

2,852 (10%) patients spent more than 8 hours in a type 1 Department (compared to 3,108 (11.3%) the previous week, and 3,364 (12.5%) weekly average for 2024).Attendances of over 12 hours

1,104 (3.9%) patients spent more than 12 hours in a type 1 Department (compared to 1,204 (4.4%) the previous week, and 1,490 (5.6%) weekly average for 2024).

https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/healthcare-system/urgent-and-unscheduled-care/accident-and-emergency/main-points/emergency-departments/

The above reveal increased attendance yet reduced numbers waiting, for each of the three waiting times measures – improved performance across the board.

In NHS England for the same period, also in Type 1, only 61.2% were treated within 4 hours. https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/

This 6.3% difference, 10.3% better than 61.2%, means around 2 800 Scots were treated within 4 hours who would not have been had NHS England standards applied here and around 280 000 in England would have been been treated within 4 hours in England, had NHS Scotland standards applied there.

NHS England does not publish 8 hour data but 42 891 waited more than 12 hours, 40 times in crude terms, 4 times per head of population than the 1 104 in Scotland

How did Scotland’s media cover the above? They ignored it. STV used the one-week figures at the end of May to offer this – Scottish Government under fire over ‘swelling’ queues in A&E!

4 thoughts on “Shocking FOUR times as many, per head, wait more than 12 hours in NHS England, than in NHS Scotland, Type 1 A&E departments”

  1. “Tonight on Repressing Scotland——-look look, a pigeon, a ferry, Nikla Sturgeon, a blue tent, nuke power coming’ to our rescue, Trident, gender mince, a Black Hole, Anas skipping down the primrose path with ‘thousands of jobs’, interviews nightly with “victims” blaming EVERYTHING on the “Nats”.
    And citizen journalism of the Yellow Page gutter type from the wondrous “Scorrish” Toadies, Liebour and the Lab Rats.

    Oh, the NHS in Engerland is simply wonderful, the BEEB London tells us so!

    Now here is the weather, and we are back to the map showing a gigantic England and a wee tiny Scotland—-Good ol’ Blighty and Gawd bless the King of England….hip, hip…..

    gavinochiltree

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  2. Indeed, the STV’s Danyel VanReenen orphans the statement twice as if independently verified as a fact, only when you scroll down do and encounter it a 3rd time do you discover the source to be Tsunami Baillie still trying to rescue the ‘new direction’ slogan from the ‘read my lips’ bin…

    It would appear that’s what a STV “Politics Reporter’ does these days, copy and paste political misrepresentations….. At least there is no claim to “Analysis…”

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