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 in England 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. In 2022, NHS England reported that 347,703 patients waited 12-hours from decision to admit to admission (DTA), equal to 2.1%
1.65 million faced 12-hour waits in A&Es in 2022 as seen on The Hippocratic Post.