Professor John Robertson OBA From Public Health Scotland today, we see that 4.2% patients spent more than 12 hours in A&E.1 From NHS England, the equivalent figure was, once calculated from the raw data, 9.1%.2 Note that NHS Scotland performance is published by independent statisticians while NHS England ‘marks its own homework’ so to speak. Sources: This difference is longstanding as is the very different attitude of the RCEM with regard to the responsibility of the UK and Scottish governments for these data. By stewartb in August 2025 There have now been two press statements issued during August by the Royal … Continue reading Long A&E waits more than twice as common in NHS England but despite that the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in England has little to say by comparison with its comments in Scotland