More than 3,000 wait at least four hours in Sandwell Hospital's A&E
The Trust running Sandwell Hospital has missed national targets for not seeing enough patients in A&E quick enough - with more than 3,000 people waiting at least four hours.
There were 3,345 people who waited more than four hours over the summer at the trust's two hospitals.
This was up from 2,854 from the same 13 week period last year.
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, which also runs City Hospital, missed the NHS-set target for 95 per cent of patients to be treated within the set four time time.
The figures also showed the hospitals had a rise in accident and emergency admissions, up 3,329 to 39,216 over the period.
But despite the increase in cases, the trust saw the proportion of patients treated within the four hours drop from 92 per cent to 91.5 per cent.
Failing to meet the 95 per cent target, the trust is now likely to be fined from the Sandwell Clinical Commissioning Group.
A spokesman for Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust said the drop in standard was down to the increase in admissions at the accident and emergency department.
He said so far this year, 93.4 per cent of people were dealt with in the department within the four hours.
He said: "The trust itself has invested over £5million in emergency care in the last two years, and short-term investments of over £3m have been made from outside.
"Last winter we performed better on the accident and emergency standard in winter than summer, and our plan now is to continue to work extremely hard to improve services further.
"The trust is the most improved ambulance wait organisation in the area and we are proud of the efforts of staff to tackle the issues we face."
The hospital said an assessment and treatment unit opened at Rowley Regis Hospital this year provided a 'great option' for shorter waiting times for emergency care.
Warley MP John Spellar said: "Because of the squeeze of spending on hospitals, they are having to tighten up with staff numbers. This is clearly putting pressure on to their services."
He added: "Waiting longer than four hours puts strain on patients who want to be seen and treated as quickly as possible."
A spokesman for the Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said: "Funding for hospital trusts is set at the start of each year and this is only adjusted during the year by a very small amount – typically less than one per cent – if the trusts do not meet specific targets.
"Therefore, we will be adjusting Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust's funding accordingly."
