A&E Performance
What this data shows:
This measure shows the percentage of A&E attendances which are admitted, transferred or discharged within 4 hours of arrival.
How the data is gathered:
The operational standard is that 95% of patients should be admitted, transferred or discharged within 4 hours of their arrival at an A&E departmentData represents the NHS Trust (so can be based on more than one hospital provider)
Note: Fourteen hospitals have been chosen to pilot a new way to measure A&E performance. As a result of this, these providers have not been required to report their number of attendances over 4hrs since May 2019. The fourteen providers are:
- Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
- Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
- The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Further information can be found at https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Statistical-commentary-June-2020-jf8hj.pdf
More information about the data source:
This information is gathered from providers within NHS Trusts, NHS Foundation Trusts and Independent Sector Organisations. NHS England is responsible for publishing these statistics.
The data includes: - total number of attendances in the week for all A & E types, including Minor Injury Units and Walk-in Centres, and of these, the number discharged, admitted or transferred within four hours of arrival- number of admissions via A&E, and any waits over four hours and over 12 hours for admission following a decision to admit.
Data Source:
A&E attendances and emergency admissions monthly return, NHS England
Data Period:
Quarterly - Quarter 4 - Jan to Mar 2024
Further Information:
For further information about A&E attendances and emergency admissions data visit the website https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/