NHS data shows thousands of patients waited over 12 hours to be admitted, transferred or discharged when attending a Nottingham A&E last month. NHS England has published data for the first time showing the number of A&E patients who faced a wait of more than 12 hours.
The data covers the month of February, with 120 hospital trusts featured on the list, and only features hospitals with major A&E departments. The NHS trusts covering A&Es in Nottinghamshire are performing better than many others across the country.
The Nottinghamshire trust with the most amount of patients waiting more than 12 hours in A&E last month was the Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) Trust, which runs Queen's Medical Centre and the City Hospital. Data shows that 14.3% of their A&E patients waited over 12 hours - equating to 2,055 attendances.
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That places NUH at number 33 out of the 120 trusts. Much further down the list is the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs King's Mill Hospital, where 5.2% of patients waited over 12 hours last month - equating to 440 attendances.
Even further down is the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Of the patients there, 4.8% waited over 12 hours in A&E - equating to 610 attendances. Within the data, two trusts were excluded for data quality issues, whilst another two trusts were excluded as the totals were too small.
The hospital trust in England where the most patients waited for more than 12 hours was the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. Data shows 31.3% of their patients waited more than 12 hours - equating to 3,350 attendances.
A standard was set in 2010 for at least 95% of patients attending A&E to be admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours. A review in 2019 proposed the target should be scrapped in favour of a series of 'access standards.'
This could have included the average A&E wait time, time to initial clinical assessment and time to emergency treatment. But the then Health Secretary Thérèse Coffey ruled out changes to the four-hour target last September.
Full UK list of hospital trusts: The list has been ranked by the proportion of all attendances waiting over 12 hours starting with the highest, and reads, from left to right: name of NHS trust; total attendances at major A&E departments in February; number of attendances waiting over 12 hours to be admitted, transferred or discharged; percentage of all attendances waiting over 12 hours to be admitted, transferred or discharged.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust 10,690 3,350 31.3%
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust 10,790 2,705 25.1%
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 5,660 1,400 24.7%
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust 7,160 1,745 24.4%
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust 8,740 1,885 21.6%
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 5,245 1,075 20.5%
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust 6,960 1,370 19.7%
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 6,235 1,205 19.3%
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 8,990 1,690 18.8%
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 8,775 1,630 18.6%
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 6,135 1,125 18.3%
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 14,080 2,540 18.0%
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 6,965 1,235 17.7%
Wye Valley NHS Trust 5,235 910 17.4%
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust 11,895 1,975 16.6%
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 13,795 2,255 16.4%
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust 8,490 1,385 16.3%
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 9,055 1,475 16.3%
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust 13,625 2,220 16.3%
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 7,955 1,285 16.2%
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4,475 715 16.0%
Medway NHS Foundation Trust 7,310 1,165 16.0%
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 28,700 4,540 15.8%
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 10,705 1,655 15.4%
Isle of Wight NHS Trust 3,475 535 15.4%
East Cheshire NHS Trust 3,535 545 15.4%
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 5,565 850 15.3%
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust 11,695 1,780 15.2%
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust 11,160 1,655 14.8%
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust 7,615 1,120 14.7%
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 10,825 1,585 14.7%
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust 6,230 900 14.5%
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 14,395 2,055 14.3%
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust 11,475 1,635 14.2%
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust 11,385 1,620 14.2%
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 10,225 1,430 14.0%
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 6,245 870 13.9%
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust 13,420 1,850 13.8%
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust 24,100 3,275 13.6%
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust 11,850 1,610 13.6%
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 9,325 1,265 13.6%
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust 18,325 2,435 13.3%
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3,865 510 13.1%
Barts Health NHS Trust 21,085 2,700 12.8%
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust 10,670 1,355 12.7%
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 5,725 720 12.6%
Whittington Health NHS Trust 5,395 670 12.5%
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 9,370 1,165 12.4%
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust 18,750 2,285 12.2%
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust 11,945 1,455 12.2%
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust 17,110 2,045 12.0%
Portsmouth Hospitals University National Health Service Trust 9,570 1,125 11.8%
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 19,195 2,255 11.7%
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust 5,235 610 11.7%
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust 9,480 1,090 11.5%
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 6,595 755 11.4%
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust 5,670 635 11.2%
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust 28,390 3,150 11.1%
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust 9,180 995 10.9%
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust 7,980 830 10.4%
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 5,660 585 10.3%
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust 6,840 690 10.1%
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 9,200 900 9.8%
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust 11,455 1,100 9.6%
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 9,870 945 9.6%
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust 19,975 1,900 9.5%
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 16,985 1,590 9.4%
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 10,730 990 9.2%
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust 12,480 1,095 8.8%
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 5,785 500 8.7%
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust 7,195 610 8.5%
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 7,920 635 8.0%
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust 12,730 1,005 7.9%
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 14,205 1,120 7.9%
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust 5,910 455 7.7%
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 8,035 610 7.6%
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust 8,555 645 7.6%
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 11,375 820 7.2%
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 10,400 745 7.2%
West Hertfordshire Hospitals Teaching NHS Trust 7,025 500 7.1%
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 8,255 585 7.1%
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust 12,420 880 7.1%
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust 3,755 260 6.9%
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 9,370 615 6.5%
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust 12,905 840 6.5%
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust 7,635 485 6.4%
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust 5,190 325 6.3%
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 5,805 335 5.8%
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 14,625 820 5.6%
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 7,410 405 5.5%
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 8,390 455 5.4%
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust 5,915 320 5.4%
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 8,435 440 5.2%
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 5,015 260 5.2%
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust 7,170 370 5.2%
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 9,970 500 5.0%
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust 6,940 335 4.9%
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust 7,235 350 4.8%
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust 10,230 495 4.8%
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 12,785 610 4.8%
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 10,195 475 4.7%
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 9,180 400 4.3%
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 11,800 435 3.7%
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust 4,960 165 3.3%
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 5,080 165 3.3%
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust 6,445 210 3.2%
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust 12,695 390 3.1%
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 13,720 405 3.0%
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 7,405 205 2.8%
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 11,745 270 2.3%
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 15,550 345 2.2%
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust 10,080 225 2.2%
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust 10,645 200 1.9%
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust 3,860 70 1.8%
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust 3,595 60 1.7%
North Bristol NHS Trust 7,200 95 1.3%
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 11,105 140 1.3%
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust 11,695 130 1.1%
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust 4,795 30 0.6%
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust 5,015 30 0.6%
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