One patient dies every 23 minutes due to delays in Accident and Emergency Departments across England
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has reported that one patient is dying every 23 minutes in England due to delays. This statistic is based upon their analysis that 23,003 people died in 2022 after spending at least 12 hours in an Accident and Emergency department waiting for care or to be admitted.
That equates to roughly one patient every 23 minutes, 63 per day, 442 a week and 1,917 per month.
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine also reported that in 2022, approximately 1.66 million people were left waiting for treatment for more than 12 hours in Accident and Emergency departments.
The country is aware of how overwhelmed and stretched hospitals are in the current climate. There have been numerous reports of excessive waiting times for appointments and treatment. It was recently reported that ambulances and paramedics were queueing up outside Accident and Emergency departments. This results in less ambulances being available to respond to 999 calls.
“Long waiting times are associated with serious patient harm and patient deaths. The scale shown here is deeply distressing” said Dr Adrian Boyle, The Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s president.
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