Time Spent in NHS Accident and Emergency Departments, February 2010

Statistics on Time Spent in NHS Wales Accident and Emergency Departments include data for Wales for the period beginning February 2009 through to February 2010. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 18th February 2010.

The key points from the latest release are:

• 84.7 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 1.5 percentage points compared with January.
• 96.1 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 1.3 percentage points compared with January.

All figures relating to February 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

22 April 2010