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A&E target missed whole of winter | A&E target missed whole of winter |
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The NHS in England has missed its A&E waiting time target for every week of winter, figures show. | The NHS in England has missed its A&E waiting time target for every week of winter, figures show. |
Hospitals are meant to see 95% of patients in four hours, but during the 18 weeks since the start of November it has been missed every week. | Hospitals are meant to see 95% of patients in four hours, but during the 18 weeks since the start of November it has been missed every week. |
NHS England has also admitted the 2014-15 average will be below the target - the first time this has happened for a whole year. | NHS England has also admitted the 2014-15 average will be below the target - the first time this has happened for a whole year. |
Hospitals in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have also struggled. | Hospitals in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have also struggled. |
Each nation has missed its target during November, December and January. | Each nation has missed its target during November, December and January. |
The data comes as the BBC's NHS Winter project, which has tracked the performance of local hospitals, finishes. | |
The project has focussed on the biggest units - known as type ones - from the start of November to last Sunday. The national figure also includes smaller centres, such as walk-in clinics. | |
Sixty-three of the 140 major trusts missed the target every single week. Just one - Luton and Dunstable - managed to achieve the 95% mark every week. | |
But Dr Sarah Pinto-Duschinsky, director of operations at NHS England, said the health service still deserved praise for the way it had managed the pressures. | But Dr Sarah Pinto-Duschinsky, director of operations at NHS England, said the health service still deserved praise for the way it had managed the pressures. |
"This winter NHS staff in England pulled out all the stops and, compared with last year, provided care for an incredible 190,000 more people coming to A&E and 51,000 more being admitted to hospital as an emergency. | "This winter NHS staff in England pulled out all the stops and, compared with last year, provided care for an incredible 190,000 more people coming to A&E and 51,000 more being admitted to hospital as an emergency. |
"These record numbers - up by between 6% and 9% some weeks - mean that although the NHS won't have met the A&E average 95% target for the full year, staff continued even during this busiest winter ever to treat more than nine in ten people within four hours. | "These record numbers - up by between 6% and 9% some weeks - mean that although the NHS won't have met the A&E average 95% target for the full year, staff continued even during this busiest winter ever to treat more than nine in ten people within four hours. |
"And most patients were, in fact, treated in under an hour. This is not only the best performance in the UK but probably of any major country internationally." | "And most patients were, in fact, treated in under an hour. This is not only the best performance in the UK but probably of any major country internationally." |
The winter in numbers |