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FOI Request - A&E waiting times

Case reference FOI2026/00149

Received 13 January 2026

Published 27 March 2026

Request

I am requesting this information under the Freedom of Information Act. Could you please provide data in response to the following questions: 1. What are the longest A&E waiting times for NHS Trust patients for the past three calendar years? (Broken down by years 2023, 2024, 2025) 1a) If possible, please break down by age of patient. 1b) If possible, please break down by month. 2. What is the average A&E waiting time for NHS Trust patients for the past three calendar years? (Broken down by years 2023, 2024, 2025) 2a) If possible, please break down by age of patient. 2b) If possible, please break down by month. 3. How many NHS Trust patients have waited more than 24 hours to be admitted to hospital at A&E in the past three years? (Broken down by years2023, 2024, 2025) 3a) If possible, please break down by age of patient. 3b) If possible, please break down by month. If possible, can this be presented in PDF format please?

Response

Please see the Trust’s response below.  

Please note: We will not be able to provide answers for 1a, 1b, 2a,2b,3a and 3c as it is not possible to break down the data by age and month as requested.

Please see below the answers for Q1, Q2 and Q3.

Please note we have provided the top 5 long waiters for Question 1 for each year 2023-2025 and for Question 2 top 5 patients who have waited for more than 24hours based on their length of stay in minutes.

1. What are the longest A&E waiting times for NHS Trust patients for the past three calendar years? (Broken down by years 2023, 2024, 2025)

Year	LongestWaitersInMins
2023	3259
2023	3116
2023	2939
2023	2384
2023	2329
2024	3719
2024	3491
2024	2737
2024	2682
2024	2519
2025	4157
2025	3777
2025	3615
2025	3203
2025	3197

1a) If possible, please break down by age of patient.

1b) If possible, please break down by month.

2. What is the average A&E waiting time for NHS Trust patients for the past three calendar years? (Broken down by years 2023, 2024, 2025)

CalendarYear	AvgWaitMinutes
2023	281
2024	264
2025	237

2a) If possible, please break down by age of patient.

2b) If possible, please break down by month.

3. How many NHS Trust patients have waited more than 24 hours to be admitted to hospital at A&E in the past three years? (Broken down by years2023, 2024, 2025)

Year	Waited more than 24 hours
2023	3259
2023	2939
2023	2468
2023	2259
2023	2131
2024	2196
2024	2194
2024	2070
2024	1997
2024	1995
2025	3117
2025	2863
2025	2115
2025	2075
2025	2069

3a) If possible, please break down by age of patient.

3b) If possible, please break down by month.

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