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Welsh A&E waiting times at worst-ever levels
Latest figures show that waiting times in Wales' Accident & Emergency departments in September were the worst on record.
Just 75 per cent of patients were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours compared to the target of 95 per cent, with a higher proportion of patients than ever before waited beyond the four-hour and 12-hour targets in urgent care units, including A&E.
A total of 5,708 people spent longer than 12 hours in urgent care departments last month, the highest proportion since records began. The Welsh Government has claimed that this year was the busiest on record for emergency care, with last month being the busiest-ever September for A&E departments and the ambulance service. Ministers have also stressed that increasing demand previously confined to winter was now a ‘year-round challenge’.
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