Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for patients in A&E in the North East of England in each of the last 12 months.
The mean and median duration to assessment (minutes), duration to treatment (minutes) and duration to departure (minutes) for the North East Government Office Region (GOR) are provided in the attached tables. The data shows performance for all providers in the GOR, as well as an overall summary of the GOR. This is for the 2016-17 financial year, which are the last 12 months of available validated data.