Time Spent in NHS Accident and Emergency Departments, January 2010

Statistics on Time Spent in NHS Wales Accident and Emergency Departments include data for Wales for the period beginning January 2009 through to January 2010. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 21st January 2010.

The key points from the latest release are:

• 83.2 per cent of patients spent less than 4 hours in a Major A&E department from arrival until admission, transfer or discharge, a decrease of 3.5 percentage points compared with December.
• 94.8 per cent of patients spent less than 8 hours in a Major A&E department from arrival until admission, transfer or discharge, a decrease of 2.7 percentage points compared with December.

All figures relating to January 2010 are provisional.

Further information can be found on the StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2080 1268
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

18 March 2010