Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust: Accident and Emergency Departments
(asked on 20th January 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people attending A&E in Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals waited longer than four hours to receive treatment in each of the last five years.
The information requested is shown in the table below.
Number of people attending accident and emergency (A&E) in Guy’s and St Thomas’ who waited longer than four hours from arrival to be admitted, transferred or discharged, 2011-12 to 2015-16
Year | Number of A&E Attendances | Number of patients spending more than four hours in A&E from arrival to discharge, transfer or admission |
2011-12 | 162,571 | 6,289 |
2012-13 | 167,522 | 8,167 |
2013-14 | 176,019 | 6,551 |
2014-15 | 182,720 | 7,965 |
2015-16 | 186,534 | 12,954 |
Source: NHS England: A&E attendances and emergency admissions