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Oct 2022
Harrogate hospital A&E performance remains 'well below' national standard
A&E waiting times performance at Harrogate District Hospital remains “well below” the national standard as health bosses urge people to only attend the department if necessary.
Latest figures show that the hospital had 4,554 attendances to its emergency department in August 2022.
The national standard for emergency department waiting times is to admit, transfer or discharge 95% of patients within four hours.
According to NHS England figures, 62% of patients were seen within that timeframe at Harrogate hospital.
Meanwhile, a total of 82 patients waited longer than 12 hours to be seen.
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In a report to its board, Jonathan Coulter, chief executive at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, said the performance remained “well below” the standard set nationally.
He said:
https://twitter.com/HarrogateNHSFT/status/1576917868804874240?s=20&t=ZpSIyl8UMRtgLE1I365R2w
The move comes as the trust has urged people to only attend its emergency department if they have a life-threatening or severe illness or injury.
In a statement, the trust said it expected to see a high number of patients at A&E this week.
It said:
Have you experienced a long wait in Harrogate's A&E department? We'd like to hear from you. Email contact@thestrayferret.co.uk or call us on 01423 276197.
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