New figures, based on a Freedom of Information request, reveal the staggering waits facing people at Crawley’s nearest A&E, with some 14% of patients waited more than 12 hours – the target is for 95% of patients to be seen within four hours.
Across the country in November more than 150,000 people waited more than 12 hours in A&E. Incredibly, one in forty patients waited more than 24 hours.
The figures follow analysis published in January which reveals that people suffering from an emergency such as a heart attack or stroke in AREA face an average wait for an ambulance of over 46 minuets – the target is just 18 minutes.
From ambulances to A&E local people are waiting too long for care because the Tories have failed our health service. But Labour has a plan – the next Labour government will abolish non-doms and use the money to fund one of the biggest workforce expansions in NHS history. We will train a new generation of doctors and nurses to make sure that people are treated on time again.
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