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Weekly A&E Performance
Waiting times figures published.
More than nine out of 10 people were seen within four hours at Scotland’s core A&E sites during the week ending April 5.
The latest weekly figures show 91.0 per cent of patients were seen, treated and either discharged or admitted within four hours.
Across the country 13 boards saw more than nine out of ten A&E patients within four hours at core sites, with half of health boards seeing around 95 per cent of patients in this time.
The figures published today are down slightly on last week’s figure of 91.3 per cent, however, performance remains well above the first publication of weekly statistics for the week ending February 22 when 86.1 per cent of people were seen within four hours.
Long waits have continued to remain low over the latest week, with less than one per cent of patients waiting over eight hours.
During the same week NHS England saw 88.4 per cent of A&E patients within four hours at core sites.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said:
“Over the past week nearly every health board in Scotland saw more than nine out of 10 patients within four hours at our core A&E sites and I would like to thank NHS staff for their continued hard work to achieve this.
“This week’s slight drop in performance shows that health boards must now focus on sustaining the reduced waiting times we have recently seen and moving towards meeting our world leading targets.
“Reassuringly long waits are also continuing to remain low, with less than one per cent of patients waiting for more than eight hours – although we are clear that this must still reduce even further.
“We are continuing to support health boards in every way possible. For example, we recently confirmed our continued support to areas experiencing challenges. This included committing £5 million from the £31.5 million Performance Fund to support improvement across NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde to relieve pressure at the front door of the hospital.
“We also expanded the role of the A&E performance support team, put into the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley in January, to support the Western Infirmary by building on lessons learned in Paisley and sharing good practice across all NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde sites."Notes To Editors
Health boards in the west of Scotland have experienced the biggest challenges over the winter months, however these health boards have seen a marked improvement since weekly reporting began.
NHS Ayrshire & Arran has increased from 80.5 per cent to 90.2 per cent in week ending April 5, and NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde has increased from 75.9 per cent to 87.1 per cent and NHS Lanarkshire has increased from 85.6 per cent to 91.9 per cent during this period.
Support for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde comes ahead of the move to the new £842 million South Glasgow Hospital in May. This will be the largest hospital in Scotland and will replace services at the Royal Hospital for Sick Kids at Yorkhill, the Southern General Hospital, Western and Victoria Infirmaries and Mansionhouse unit. The emergency and assessment capacity at the new hospital will be greater than the combined unscheduled care capacity of the Western, Victoria and Southern General hospitals.
Long waits have reduced over the latest week, with 17 patients waiting over 12 hours (less than 0.1 per cent of all attendances) and a 68.5 per cent reduction in the number of patients waiting over eight hours since the first publication of weekly statistics covering the week ending February 22.
Weekly A&E waiting time figures:
The publication of weekly A&E waiting time statistics for the week ending April 5 covers the 32 emergency departments in Scotland which provide a 24 hour emergency medicine consultant led service.
The statistics relate to patients who were seen and subsequently admitted, transferred or discharged within 4, 8 and 12 hours.
The latest Weekly Statistical Publication is available at: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/04/1946
The statistics included in the Weekly Publication are also published on ISD’s NHS Performs website:http://www.isdscotland.scot.nhs.uk/Products-and-Services/NHS-Performs/
NHS Performs:
ISD produced a new section within their website for the initial release of NHS Performs on March 3 2015. Further work to develop the data and functionality of NHS Performs is already underway with a refresh planned for June 2015. Initial statistics available via NHS Performs from the 3 March 2015 include:
Weekly statistics relating to Emergency Departments at hospital, NHS Board and Scotland
Number of A&E attendances, % seen within 4 hours, number over 4, 8 and 12 hours
Monthly statistics relating to A&E activity at hospital, NHS Board and Scotland
Number of A&E attendances, % resulting in admission, % seen within 4 hours, numbers over 4, 8 and 12 hours
Quarterly statistics relating to Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios at hospital and Scotland
Standardised Mortality Ratio (SMR) and % Change in SMR since 2007
Weekly statistics relating to norovirus at hospital, NHS Board and Scotland
Total number of wards closed
Quarterly statistics relating to Healthcare associated infection at NHS Board and Scotland including C. difficile infections (over 15s) and SAB Infections.
The new website can be accessed at: http://www.isdscotland.scot.nhs.uk/Products-and-Services/NHS-Performs/
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