Barts Health NHS Trust: Accident and Emergency Departments
(asked on 19th February 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS England A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions 2020-21 data for January 2021, what assessment he has made of geographical disparities in the number of patients waiting longer than 12 hours in A&Es after a decision has been made to admit them; and what estimate he has made of the number of patients waiting longer than 12 hours in A&Es after a decision has been made to admit them in Barts Health Trust.
The following table provides data on the number of patients spending more than 12 hours from decision to admit to admission in January 2021, by National Health Service region and Barts Health Trust.
| Number of patients spending more than 12 hours from decision to admit to admission |
NHS England East of England | 246 |
NHS England London | 1,534 |
NHS England Midlands | 405 |
NHS England North East and Yorkshire | 59 |
NHS England North West | 405 |
NHS England South East | 141 |
NHS England South West | 1,019 |
Barts Health NHS Trust | 376 |
It should be noted that Barts Health NHS Trust data is not comparable with other hospitals as it has three hospitals with major emergency departments within the Trust.
COVID-19 rates in London were higher compared to the rest of the country in January.
The increased number of 12-hour trolley waits seen in January 2021 reflects the extreme demand for beds in the system at this time, with delays reported due to awaiting COVID-19 test results, reduced bed stock due to social distancing and intensive treatment unit capacity expansion and reconfiguration of beds to meet COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 demand.