No Improvement In A&E Waiting Times

Hospital waiting times at sites across Worcestershire have missed government targets once more, with no improvements in an entire year.

Around two in 10 patients are not being seen, admitted, treated or discharged within four hours, with health chiefs blaming the failings on "higher demand."

Figures reveal that in June 15 per cent of patients who visited A&E in the county were left waiting more than 4 hours, despite national guidelines demanding a target of seeing 95 per cent of patients within that time frame.

The figure comes from Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. It released a statement saying:

"We aim to see and treat all our patients as quickly as possible. Like many hospitals we're experiencing higher demand for our services, the number of ambulances and people attending our hospitals is increasing year-on-year.

"In July we were able to see, treat and either admit or discharge over 85 per cent of patients from A&E within four hours.

"Our teams are working extremely hard to ensure we improve, as we recognise that any time waiting can be very distressing for patients.

"As part of our improvement plans we are recruiting more A&E staff and within the coming weeks we will be opening a larger and dedicated area for patients who self-present at our A&E at Worcestershire Royal Hospital."

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