100-a-day A&E wait too long at Sandwell and City hospitals
Nearly 100 A&E patients a day are having to wait longer than four hours to be dealt with at two of the region’s hospitals, figures have revealed.
An analysis of performance statistics at Sandwell General Hospital and City Hospital, Birmingham, which are both run by the same trust, shows the number of breaches in the emergency department has spiralled downwards since last year.
In July there were 2,686 people across the two sites who were not seen, treated, admitted or discharged within four hours as required by the NHS.
It brings the grand total of breaches for the six month period up to and including July to 17,984 – an average of 99 a day and a 60 per cent rise from the 11,150 in the same period in 2016.
