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Almost 5,000 patients wait more than 12 hours in A&E in August, figures show

Almost 5,000 patients spent half a day or more in accident and emergency in August, as waiting times performance hit a new low. Monthly figures showed that 69.7% of those attending A&E were seen, resulting in a subsequent admission, transfer or ...

04 Oct 2022 at 14:16

Grandfather, 85, taken to hospital after fall while waiting for care assessment

(adds final three pars) A grandfather fell, wounded his head and was taken to hospital while waiting for a social care assessment to enable him to go into a care home, his family said. Douglas Barton has been the sole carer of his father Derek,...

17 Aug 2022 at 10:56

Scotland

Figures give ‘terrifying snapshot’ of pressures in A&E, Tories say

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary’s A&E department operated beyond capacity every day last month, the Scottish Conservatives have revealed. The party said statistics provided through a freedom of information request present a “terrifying snapshot” of ...

26 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

New record low for cancer treatment waiting time performance

Scotland’s cancer treatment waiting time performance has fallen to a new record low, latest figures show. The country’s 62-day standard states that 95% of patients should wait a maximum of 62 days from urgent suspicion of cancer referral to ...

27 Sept 2022 at 13:40

Scotland

Humza Yousaf welcomes’ immediate improvement’ in A&E waiting times figures

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has welcomed the “immediate improvement” in accident and emergency waiting times – despite the latest figures showing the four-hour target was missed for almost 9,000 patients. He had branded last week’s ...

27 Sept 2022 at 12:20

Scotland

Scottish Labour urges Yousaf to act on Scotland’s NHS crisis

Humza Yousaf has been told to act on Scotland’s NHS – or his position will become “untenable”. Scottish Labour issued the stark warning after the party, along with the Scottish Conservatives, criticised the handling of Scotland’s ...

25 Sept 2022 at 01:01

NHS backlog of two-year waits shrinks from 22,500 to below 200

The backlog of people waiting more than two years for a routine operation has shrunk from 22,500 at the start of the year to fewer than 200. NHS England figures show the number of patients waiting that length of time has shrunk ...

09 Aug 2022 at 09:18

Scotland

Slight improvement recorded in A&E waiting times

There was a slight improvement in waiting times at Scotland’s emergency departments over the last recorded week, latest figures show. Data from Public Health Scotland, released on Tuesday, shows 8,326 attendees at A&E ...

09 Aug 2022 at 11:22

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Trolley Figures at St Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny today

425 admitted patients are waiting for beds today in Irish hospitals, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. 350 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 75 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital. At ...

09 Aug 2022 at 18:33

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Thirty four people on trolleys today at St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny

521 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. 434 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 87 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital. At St Luke's ...

20 Sept 2022 at 18:33

Scotland

Sturgeon and Yousaf told to ‘do your jobs’ as 84-hour wait for A&E is revealed

The First Minister and Health Secretary have been told to “do their job” and reduce NHS waiting lists as figures showed one Scot waited 84 hours in A&E. Figures published this week show Scotland’s emergency ...

22 Sept 2022 at 20:08

Scotland

‘Real progress’ in reducing outpatient wait times hailed by Health Secretary

Health boards in Scotland have seen significant progress in reducing outpatient appointment waiting times, Humza Yousaf has said. The Health Secretary hailed new statistics from Public Health Scotland ...

22 Sept 2022 at 14:45

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