Data show 1.65 million patients in England faced 12-hour waits from time of arrival in A&Es in 2022

Data show 1.65 million patients in England faced 12-hour waits from time of arrival in A&Es in 2022 A new briefing by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, RCEM Explains: Long waits and excess deaths, reveals that in 2022 1,656,206 patients waited 12-hours or more from their time of arrival in an Emergency Department. This is equal to over 4,500 12-hour time of arrival waits per day in 2022 and equal to 10.2% of all Type 1 attendances.

See also:

• One patient dies every 23 minutes in England after long delay in A&E The Guardian
• Long A&E waits associated with 23,000 excess deaths, royal college estimates National Health Executive
• NHS: Around 23,000 excess deaths in 2022 were 'linked to A&E waits', college claims Sky News