Close to a fifth of A&E patients in Leeds had to wait more than four hours to be seen over a year-long period, it’s been revealed.
Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), said that 82.9 per cent of attendees at emergency departments were treated within the timeframe between April 2021 and March 2022. The CCG’s chair said the NHS had suffered a “winter no like other,” while it was revealed earlier this month some patients have had to wait up to 12 hours in waiting rooms.
Health service targets dictate that 95 per cent of A&E attendees should be seen within four hours. However, most hospitals across the country have repeatedly missed that target over the last year as record levels of demand, Covid and staffing shortages have crippled the service.
