A&E 4-hour wait time: all patients
This is the percentage of patients who have received emergency treatment and who have been discharged from the department within 4 hours of arrival in A&E, or admitted to the Trust within 4 hours of arrival.
Target figure for 2015/16: 95%
Total time spent in A&E: all patients
National: 305
95% of all patients waited under 582 minutes from arrival to departure*.
* The data used in these reports are sourced from provisional A&E Hospital Episodes Statistics data, and may differ to the data held by individual Trusts.
The 95th percentile information is particularly sensitive to poor data quality and outliers which contributes to why some unusually high values may be observed for these measures.
Total time spent in A&E: non-admitted patients
National: 238
95% of patients not requiring admission to hospital waited under 453 minutes from arrival to departure*.
* The data used in these reports are sourced from provisional A&E Hospital Episodes Statistics data, and may differ to the data held by individual Trusts.
The 95th percentile information is particularly sensitive to poor data quality and outliers which contributes to why some unusually high values may be observed for these measures.
Total time spent in A&E: admitted patients
National: 510
95% of patients requiring admission to hospital waited under 815 minutes from arrival to departure*.
* The data used in these reports are sourced from provisional A&E Hospital Episodes Statistics data, and may differ to the data held by individual Trusts.
The 95th percentile information is particularly sensitive to poor data quality and outliers which contributes to why some unusually high values may be observed for these measures.
Time to treatment in A&E
National: 54
The average (median) waiting time for patients to be seen by a clinical decision maker was 69 minutes.
The target figure for 2015/16: 60 minutes
* The data used in these reports are sourced from provisional A&E Hospital Episodes Statistics data, and may differ to the data held by individual Trusts.
Left A&E without being seen
National: 2.7%
This is the percentage of patients leaving A&E without being seen by a clinical decision-maker (senior doctor or nurse).
* The data used in these reports are sourced from provisional A&E Hospital Episodes Statistics data, and may differ to the data held by individual Trusts.
Unplanned re-attendances in A&E
National: 7.6 %
We want to reduce the number of people returning to A&E by ensuring that the quality of care they receive and our communication with them was right first time. This standard is for the percentage of patients who return to the department within 7 days of their first attendance.
* The data used in these reports are sourced from provisional A&E Hospital Episodes Statistics data, and may differ to the data held by individual Trusts.
Time to initial assessment (emergency ambulances only)
National: 183
95% of patients requiring admission to hospital waited under 77 minutes from arrival to initial assessment*.
* The data used in these reports are sourced from provisional A&E Hospital Episodes Statistics data, and may differ to the data held by individual Trusts.
The 95th percentile information is particularly sensitive to poor data quality and outliers which contributes to why some unusually high values may be observed for these measures.
18 weeks referral to treatment target – incomplete
All non-urgent patients referred to us should be treated within 18 weeks of the receipt of the referral. The figure shown represents the percentage of patients waiting less than 18 weeks on the last day of the month.
The target figure for 2015/16: 92%
Diagnostic treatment – six week referral
Patients referred to us for treatment should wait no longer than six-weeks for a diagnostic test from the request from the referring clinician. The figure shown represents the percentage of patients seen within this time-frame.
The target figure for 2015/16: 99%
Cancer treatment – 2 week referral
All patients referred to us urgently where their GP suspects there may be a risk of cancer should be seen in outpatients within 14 days of the receipt of the referral. The figure shown represents the percentage of patients seen within this time-frame.
The target figure for 2015/16: 93%
Cancer treatment – 31 day waits
All patients diagnosed with cancer should start their recommended treatment (which may include chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery) within 31 days from the decision to treat. The figure shown represents the percentage of patients seen within this time-frame.
The target figure for 2015/16: 96%
Cancer treatment – 62 day waits
All patients diagnosed with cancer should start their recommended treatment (which may include chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery) within 62 days from first being referred to us. The figure shown represents the percentage of patients seen within this time-frame.
The target figure for 2015/16: 85%
Number of clostridium difficile (C.diff) cases
Like all other healthcare organisations, one of our key priorities is to prevent patients from getting an infection whilst they are in our care. Trusts routinely publish data on MRSA and Clostridium difficile (C. diff) to indicate to demonstrate how effective efforts to control infection have been. Clostridium difficile is a bacteria that can cause diarrhoea in some circumstances.
Target figure for 2015/16: 31 cases
Number of MRSA cases
Like all other healthcare organisations, one of our key priorities is to prevent patients from getting an infection whilst they are in our care. Trusts routinely publish data on MRSA and Clostridium difficile (C. diff) to indicate to demonstrate how effective efforts to control infection have been.
Target figure for 2015/16: Zero
Occurrence of avoidable pressure ulcers (bed sores)
We are committed to improving patient safety by reducing and eventually eliminating all hospital acquired pressure ulcers. The level of severity (where 1=least severe and 4=most severe) of the categories increases with the number. All pressure ulcers can cause pain and distress for patients and the more serious ones can cause major disability or even death, which makes this priority extremely important.
Target figure for 2015/16: 19 per 100,000 bed days
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