The latest NHS figures show that during December 6,565 patients waited more than four hours to be either admitted, transferred or discharged from A&E at Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH).
The latest figures show the continuing pressure on the county's emergency hospitals
The figures mean that only 44.7 per cent of A&E patients at the hospitals in December were admitted, transferred or discharged within the government target of four hours. It comes as the number of people waiting more than 12 hours in A&E departments in England from a decision to admit to actually being admitted rose above 50,000 for the first time.Sara Biffen, Acting Chief Operating Officer for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said they were doing everything they could to improve the situation for patients.
New NHS England data shows that across the country 54,532 people waited longer than 12 hours in December, up 44.1 per cent from 37,837 in November and the highest total in records dating back to August 2010. Meanwhile, response times for urgent conditions such as heart attacks and strokes, Category 2, are also the longest on record, with patients waiting one hour and 31 minutes for help – more than five times longer than the 18-minute target.North Shropshire's Liberal Democrat MP Helen Morgan said:"These damning figures show how the Government has failed people in Shropshire and across the country.
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