Accident and Emergency Departments in England have missed waiting time targets, with performance levels recorded as the worst for a decade.<\/p>\n
According to NHS waiting time targets, 95% of patients should be seen within four hours of arriving at A&E.<\/p>\n
The pressures of winter have seen these targets slip. Between October and December 2014, 92.6% of patients were seen within four hours \u2013 the worst quarterly result since 2004.<\/p>\n
Other parts of the country are also struggling, with data showing just 83.8% of patients in Wales were seen within four hours during November.<\/p>\n
Major incidents declared<\/b><\/p>\n
The news comes as increasing numbers of hospitals declare major incidents, including Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal, as well as hospitals in North Yorkshire, Surrey and Staffordshire.<\/p>\n
A major incident means that special measures are needed to help a hospital cope during a particularly busy time.<\/p>\n
Commonly extra staff will be called in, routine operations such as hip replacements will be postponed, and ambulances will be re-directed to nearby hospitals.<\/p>\n
Mike Proctor, deputy chief executive of York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said: \u201cI\u2019m seeing pressures in the system that I have never experienced before.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I came to the [Scarborough] hospital this morning every ward was full, every escalation area we put beds into were full of patients.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn addition to that there were 18 patients in the A&E department that had to be cared for on beds, because there were no beds in hospital wards for them to go to.\u201d<\/p>\n
A&E negligence <\/b><\/p>\n
If you or your loved one has suffered harm because of poor emergency care, please get in touch with us today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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