A&E waiting time figures 2005-2018

The Socialist Health Association has released a graph of the A&E waiting times for 130 major NHS trusts in England from 2005 to 2018.

The percentage of patients seen in four hours or less in major A&E departments during the first quarter of each year is as follows:

• 2005 - 96%
• 2006 - 96.6%
• 2007 - 96.8%
• 2008 - 96.5%
• 2009 - 96.8%
• 2010 - 96.9%
• 2011 - 94.8%
• 2012 - 93.7%
• 2013 - 91.1%
• 2014 - 92.7%
• 2015 - 87.5%
• 2016 - 81.8%
• 2017 - 81.4%
• 2018 - 76.8%

Leader of Hyndburn Borough Council, Miles Parkinson, said, "There is almost a 20% increase in the number of people waiting longer than four hours in A&E departments and yet we are facing the closure of the Accrington Victoria walk-in centre which will place even more pressure on Blackburn Hospital."

He added, "With the cuts to Burnley and Chorley A&E departments this is only going to cause longer waiting times for people in East Lancashire. Hyndburn Labour are firmly opposed to these government cuts, a further indication that the Conservatives are not interested in the Northwest."

A petition against the closure of Accrington Victoria walk-in centre can be found here:

https://www.change.org/p/save-accrington-walk-in-centre