NHS names every A&E where patients waited more than 12 hours for admission, transfers or discharge

Ambulances queue up outside hospital waiting to handover patients Credit: ITV News Central

NHS England has published a list of the number of people attending major A&E departments waiting more than 12 hours before being admitted, transferred or discharged.

It comes as the number of people waiting for NHS treatment has peaked at 7.2 million, as junior doctors stage four days of strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions.

The millions of people were on the waiting list for planned treatment at the end of February 2023, with warnings the list is likely to grow as the health service continues to grapple with increased pressures.

In the East Midlands, long waiting times for ambulances have led to a rise in serious incidents over the last year, according to its ambulance service.

Figures obtained by ITV News Central showed some A&E patients in the Midlands experienced ambulance handover times of up to 15 hours last year.

It's not a new situation the health services are facing. Last year at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow in Essex a nurse told patients they could face a 13-hour wait to see an A&E doctor.

The new figures show Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust had the highest number of patients waiting more than 12 hours - nearly a third of A&E patients at the trust waited hour after hour to be admitted, transferred or discharged.

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were also ranked in the top three for worst A&E wait times.

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust had the quickest turnaround times, with less than one per cent of patients waiting more than 12 hours.


Where does your NHS Trust rank?

The trusts below are ranked from highest percentage of patient waiting times.

  • Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

  • East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

  • The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

  • Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

  • Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Wye Valley NHS Trust

  • London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

  • King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

  • Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

  • University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

  • Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

  • Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Medway NHS Foundation Trust

  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

  • Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Isle of Wight NHS Trust

  • East Cheshire NHS Trust

  • Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

  • Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

  • United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

  • Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

  • West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

  • North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

  • Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

  • University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

  • Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Barts Health NHS Trust

  • University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

  • Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Whittington Health NHS Trust

  • Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

  • University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

  • University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

  • Portsmouth Hospitals University National Health Service Trust

  • Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

  • Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

  • North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

  • Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust

  • Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

  • James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

  • Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

  • Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

    Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

  • County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

  • Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

  • Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

  • Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

  • Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • West Hertfordshire Hospitals Teaching NHS Trust

  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

  • Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

  • Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

  • North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

  • Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

  • Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

  • Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

  • Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

  • Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

  • University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

  • Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

  • Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

  • Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust

  • Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

  • Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

  • University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

  • South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

  • Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

  • North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

  • North Bristol NHS Trust

  • Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

  • Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

  • Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

  • Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Figures cover wait times in February only at hospitals with major A&E departments.

St George’s University Hospitals in London and Southport & Ormskirk Hospital were excluded for data quality issues, while Northumbria Healthcare and Sheffield Children’s Trust were too small to be included.


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