A record number of people had a long wait to be seen in A&E departments in October.
A record number of people had a long wait to be seen in A&E departments in October, NHS England figures show.
The proportion of all patients in A&E and minor injury units being seen, discharged or admitted within four hours fell to 69% in October, down from 71% in September, and well below the 95% NHS target. In the West Midlands, the average time to reach those patients increased to one hour, eight minutes in October, up from 45 minutes in September, and well above the 18-minute target set out in the NHS constitution.weekly data from Scottish hospitals
"This latest set of performance data show that standards are at an unacceptably poor level for both patients and staff, with an expectation that this will deteriorate further over the winter months," he said. "Pressure on emergency services remains high as a result of more than 13,000 beds taken up each day by people who no longer need to be in hospital.", such as a knee replacement or cataract surgery, has also risen to a new record high.
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