Time Spent in NHS Accident and Emergency Departments, May 2009

Statistics on Time Spent in NHS Wales Accident and Emergency Departments include data for Wales for the period beginning May 2008 through to May 2009. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 21 May 2009.

The key points from the latest release are:

• 92.2 per cent of patients spent less than 4 hours in a Major A&E department from arrival until admission, transfer or discharge, an increase of 4.2 percentage points compared with April.
• 99.2 per cent of patients spent less than 8 hours in a Major A&E department from arrival until admission, transfer or discharge, an increase of 1.2 percentage points compared with April.

All figures relating to May 2009 are provisional.

Further information can be found at the StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5064
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

23 July 2009