Almost one in six patients took longer than 12 hours to be seen
in the A&E department at Northampton General Hospital in February, the latest NHS data shows. The statistic places the hospital in the top 20 for the highest percentage of patients waiting more than half a day.
Of the 7,955 people who attended NGH's A&E in February 2023, 1,285 waited longer than 12 hours to be admitted, transferred or discharged, more than 16 per cent. This is more than twice as many as Kettering General Hospital, despite it receiving less demand.NHS England published the figures for all hospitals with major A&E departments, but emphasised that the data is provisional.
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