2,012 people waited more than 4 hours to be admitted, transferred or discharged at
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust, latest figures reveal. Just 73.8% were seen within 4 hours – well below the 95% target.

Across the country 27% of patients waited more than 4 hours – with some parts of the country seeing more than half of patients wait over the 4 hour target.

NHS Providers’ Miriam Deakin confirmed to a national newspaper this week that “demand continues to outstrip capacity, which means too many patients are having to wait longer for care and treatment. Shortages of staff, beds and equipment, as well as the need for proper investment in the NHS estate, social care, and more preventative support, are putting the health service under an alarming level of stress.”

Reacting to the latest figures, Labour’s Cllr Jason Fojtik said,

“The longer the Conservatives are in power, the longer people in South Warwickshire will wait for care. This government were happy to clap for carers, but when it comes to meaningful support for our NHS heroes they are nowhere to be seen. Over 13 years they have utterly failed to give our brilliant local NHS staff the tools and support they need to provide the care we should all be able to rely on.

“It is time for a change – and Labour has a plan to get our NHS back on its feet. We would bring in one of the biggest workforce expansions the NHS has ever seen, funded by closing the non-dom tax loophole. Labour will make building an NHS fit for the future a central mission of the next government – and an election can not come soon enough.”