March figures still show long waits at A and E at Scunthorpe and Grimsby hospitals
The number of admissions were up on the previous month
Figures for March have revealed more than 850 patients had to wait 12 hours or more to be admitted to A and E at Scunthorpe and Grimsby hospitals.
Despite the colder weather beginning to ease there was a 17 per cent increase in admissions compared to February.
The Trust in charge has apologised and says they're working hard to speed up the discharge process.
1,543 emergency admissions waited four hours or more from decision to being admitted, 854 faced a more than half day wait.
We'd like to apologise for anyone who's experienced a long wait
In total, there were 13,569 admissions to the A&Es there.
Overall, the trust had the eleventh worst performance figures in March for the proportion of people seen within four hours.
Chief Executive of the Trust in charge Dr Peter Redding said:
“I’d like to apologise to anyone who has experienced a long wait.”
“Our Emergency Departments continue to be extremely busy with high numbers of patients attending, many of whom need admitting to hospital."
"When the hospitals are full, there are no beds available to admit patients from the emergency departments, causing waits for patients to have a bed available."
"Patients are also prioritised based on clinical need, leading to some people potentially longer than expected, or than we would wish."
We try and ensure patients waiting are well looked after
“We continue to work with our partners across the health and social care network to improve discharges to social and community care, releasing beds in our hospitals for patients being admitted through our Emergency departments.
"We do ensure that those patients who do need to be admitted are well-cared for by our nursing teams while they are waiting and that our specialist clinicians carry out regular reviews to ensure the best possible treatment plan is in place."
“Although we remain extremely busy, please do not hesitate to come to our EDs if you need us – we are here for you.
If it’s not urgent, please consider contacting your GP, visiting the GP Out of Hours service, contacting NHS 111 or seeing your local pharmacist.”