One hospital has placed in the top ten A&E units in England with the worst waiting times for patients
A Northamptonshire hospital has placed in the top ten A&E units in England with the worst waiting times for patients, with nearly 50 per cent of people waiting more than four hours to be treated. Kettering General Hospital has the highest number of patients waiting long periods for treatment in the county, according to NHS data.
NHS operational standards set in 2010 state that at least 95 per cent of patients attending A&E should be admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours. In December 2022, England implemented an intermediate minimum standard, where at least 76 per cent of A&E attendances should be seen within this timeframe, until March 2024.
In comparison to national figures, 30 per cent of all hospital attendees across England were waiting more than the specified four hours in that same period. According to an A&E Waiting Time Report created by Online Marketing Surgery and ePower Trucks, the top ten NHS England Hospitals with the highest waiting times were:
Despite having the most A&E attendances in the county at over 35,000, Northampton General Hospital outperformed Kettering with 38 per cent of people waiting for four hours or more in the department. Corby Urgent Care- which provides urgent medical help for non-life-threatening emergencies- represented the best waiting times in Northamptonshire. Despite taking on a total of 27,035 patients, which was only 1,800 less than KGH, only 228 people had to wait more than four hours.
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