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Time Spent in NHS Wales Accident and Emergency Departments: Monthly Management Information
 
Summary management information on the percentage of patients spending less than 4, 8 and 12 hours in all NHS Wales hospital emergency care facilities (major A&E departments and other A&E/Minor Injury Units) from arrival until admission, transfer or discharge. These figures are derived from the monthly Emergency Department Dataset (EDDS) submitted to NHS Wales Informatics Service by Local Health Boards (LHBs). 
This information is classified as management information as it has not gone through the additional statistical validation or interrogation that is normally the case for the official statistics outputs.
 
 
The Emergency Department Dataset
 
The EDDS was implemented from April 2009 to capture attendances at major A&E departments. Attendances at other A&E/Minor Injury Units were captured in Situation Reporting Services (SITREPS) prior to April 2012, however, from April 2012 LHBs have been required to submit EDDS for patients attending all hospital emergency care facilities.
 
In May 2013, the Welsh Government introduced the NHS Wales Delivery Framework for 2013-14.
 
 
The targets relating to time spent in all hospital emergency care facilities are:
  • 95 per cent of patients should spend less than 4 hours in all emergency care facilities from arrival until admission, transfer or discharge; and
  • Eradication of 12 hour or more waits within all hospital emergency care facilities
 
To view the monthly management information reports please follow the links supplied.
 

The A&E data are no longer published on this site, but continue to be published monthly.

 

These data are included as part of the NHS activity and performance summary, published by the Welsh Government, available via the following link http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/nhs-activity-performance-summary/. The background to this new publication can be found in the Chief Statistician’s update for March 2017 https://digitalanddata.blog.gov.wales/2017/03/02/chief-statisticians-update-march-2017/

 

This release includes data in the following areas: Ambulances, A&E, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Referral to Treatment (RTT), Diagnostic and Therapy waiting times (DATS), Cancer waiting times, and Outpatient referrals

 

The A&E data can be found at: https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Health-and-Social-Care/NHS-Hospital-Waiting-Times/Accident-and-Emergency

 

If you have any queries relating to future publications, please telephone 0300 025 1401 or email  stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

 
 
 


Last updated: 19/05/2017