Three in five people who arrived at accident and emergency at the Bolton Trust in June were seen within four hours, new figures show. The NHS standard is for 95 per cent of patients to be seen within four hours. However, as part of a recovery plan, the health service has an objective for 78 per cent of patients to be seen within this time frame in March 2025.
Recent NHS England figures show there were 11,251 visits to A&E at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust in June . Of them, 6,957 were seen within four hours – accounting for 62 per cent of arrivals. Across England, 75 per cent of patients were seen within four hours, a slight increase from 74% the month before.
Figures also show 38,106 emergency admissions waited more than 12 hours in A&E departments from a decision to admit to actually being admitted – down from 42,555 in May. The number waiting at least four hours from the decision to admit to admission also dropped, from 138,770 in May to 128,114 last month. At Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, 1,104 patients waited longer than four hours, including 607 who were delayed by more than 12 hours.
Sarah Woolnough, chief executive at the King’s Fund think tank, said: "Prior to winning the general election , the Labour Party pledged to return the NHS to meeting performance standards by the end of this parliament if it was to form the new government. "NHS performance is currently well below many of the level patients rightly expect and which are set out as rights and pledges in the N.