A&E waiting times: The six hospital trusts where one in five patients wait over 12 hours to be seen

New data from NHS England have revealed there are six hospital trusts where one in five patients experienced A&E waiting times of over 12 hours.

The two hospitals run by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust saw the worst numbers, with 33.1% of people waiting more than 12 hours in A&E, while 25.1% of A&E patients of the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust were faced with the same gruelling wait.

In the Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 24.7% if patients waited more than 12 hours in A&E, and 24.4% of patients in the University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.

• One in 10 NHS patients facing A&E waits of over 12 hours

Overall, the provisional data show that an average of 10% of patients across England waited more than 12 hours for care in A&E - as NHS England said it had seen the busiest winter on record for A&E services.

It is the first time NHS England has shared data about A&E wait times that exceed 12 hours, following pressure from emergency medical staff to make the numbers public.

Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) welcomed the change, which it had previously pushed for, suggesting the numbers reflected staff and bed shortages across the system.

“As the data show, there are large numbers of patients waiting 12 hours from their time of arrival,” college president Dr Adrian Boyle told The Guardian. “Now we must get to work and reduce these dangerous delays and overcrowding in emergency departments, which we know are harmful to patients.”

• Junior doctors' strikes make it 'almost impossible' for NHS to cut waiting lists

Medical staff across the country have long complained that their pay and working conditions have led to colleagues leaving the profession, contributing to the staff shortages that have plagued the NHS of late.

A 2022 report by MPs highlighted a shortage of more than 12,000 doctors and 50,000 nurses across the NHS, while nurses and junior doctors have recently taken strike over pay and working conditions.

The full list of A&E wait times by more than 12 hours:

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust 31.3%

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust 25.1%

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 24.7%

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust 24.4%

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust 21.6%

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 20.5%

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust 19.7%

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 19.3%

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 18.8%

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 18.6%

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 18.3%

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 18.0%

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 17.7%

Wye Valley NHS Trust 17.4%

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust 16.6%

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 16.4%

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust 16.3%

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 16.3%

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust 16.3%

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 16.2%

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 16.0%

Medway NHS Foundation Trust 16.0%

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 15.8%

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 15.4%

Isle of Wight NHS Trust 15.4%

East Cheshire NHS Trust 15.4%

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 15.3%

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust 15.2%

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust 14.8%

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust 14.7%

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 14.7%

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust 14.5%

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 14.3%

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust 14.2%

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust 14.2%

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 14.0%

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 13.9%

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust 13.8%

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust 13.6%

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust 13.6%

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 13.6%

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust 13.3%

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 13.1%

Barts Health NHS Trust 12.8%

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust 12.7%

Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 12.6%

Whittington Health NHS Trust 12.5%

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 12.4%

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust 12.2%

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust 12.2%

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust 12.0%

Portsmouth Hospitals University National Health Service Trust 11.8%

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 11.7%

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust 11.7%

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust 11.5%

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 11.4%

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust 11.2%

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust 11.1%

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust 10.9%

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust 10.4%

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 10.3%

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust 10.1%

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 9.8%

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust 9.6%

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 9.6%

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust 9.5%

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 9.4%

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 9.2%

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust 8.8%

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 8.7%

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust 8.5%

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 8.0%

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust 7.9%

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 7.9%

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust 7.7%

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 7.6%

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust 7.6%

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 7.2%

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 7.2%

West Hertfordshire Hospitals Teaching NHS Trust 7.1%

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 7.1%

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust 7.1%

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust 6.9%

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 6.5%

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust 6.5%

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust 6.4%

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust 6.3%

Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 5.8%

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 5.6%

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 5.5%

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 5.4%

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust 5.4%

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 5.2%

Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 5.2%

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust 5.2%

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 5.0%

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust 4.9%

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust 4.8%

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust 4.8%

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4.8%

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4.7%

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4.3%

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3.7%

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust 3.3%

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3.3%

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust 3.2%

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust 3.1%

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3.0%

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2.8%

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2.3%

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 2.2%

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust 2.2%

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust 1.9%

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust 1.8%

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust 1.7%

North Bristol NHS Trust 1.3%

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 1.3%

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust 1.1%

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust 0.6%

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust 0.6%