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Increase in number of children waiting longer than 12 hours at A&E

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Figures from hospital trusts show numbers have risen since Covid

A total of 1,056 under-18s waited longer than 12 hours in 2023 at 29 acute NHS trusts, official figures indicate The number of children waiting more than 12 hours in A&E has risen nine-fold in five years, official data obtained under freedom of information laws suggests.

At one trust in London – Barts Health NHS Foundation Trust – 293 children were forced to wait longer than 12 hours over the period before being treated. According to the British Medical Association the total number of people waiting more than 12-hours to be seen in A&E rose 102 times between May 2019 and May 2024, to around 42,600.

 

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