Monthly A&E waiting times NHS England 2024

In October 2024, around 73 percent of patients who attended any A&E department (including major A&E, single specialty, and other A&E/minor injury units) in England were seen in four hours or less. This was well below the NHS operational standard, which states that 95 percent of attendees to an A&E department should be seen within four hours.

The equivalent data for waiting times purely in hospital A&Es can be found here.

Share of individuals who attended any accident and emergency (A&E) department and were seen in four hours or less in England from 2011 to 2024, by month

Characteristic	Share of attendances
Oct-24	73%
Sep-24	74.2%
Aug-24	76.3%
Jul-24	75.2%
Jun-24	74.6%
May-24	74%
Apr-24	74.5%
Mar-24	74.3%
Feb-24	71%
Jan-24	70.4%
Dec-23	69.5%
Nov-23	69.8%
Oct-23	70.3%
Sep23	71.7%
Aug23	73%
Jul23	74%
Jun23	73.3%
May23	74%
Apr23	74.6%
Mar23	71.5%
Feb23	71.5%
Jan23	72.5%
Dec22	65.2%
Nov22	69%
Oct22	69.5%
Sep22	71.1%
Aug22	71.7%
Jul22	71.1%
Jun22	72.1%
May22	73.3%
Apr22	72.2%
Mar22	71.6%
Feb22	73.3%
Jan22	74.3%
Dec21	73.4%
Nov21	74.1%
Oct21	73.9%
Sep21	75.2%
Aug21	77%
Jul21	77.7%
Jun21	81.3%
May21	83.7%
Apr21	85.4%
Mar21	86.1%
Feb21	83.9%
Jan21	78.5%
Dec20	80.3%
Nov20	83.8%
Oct20	84.4%
Sep20	87.3%
Aug20	89.2%
Jul20	92%
Jun20	92.8%
May20	93.5%
Apr20	90.4%
Mar20	84.3%
Feb20	82.8%
Jan20	81.7%
Dec19	79.8%
Nov19	81.4%
Oct19	83.6%
Sep19	85.2%
Aug19	86.3%
Jul19	86.5%
Jun19	86.4%
May19	86.6%
Apr19	85.3%
Mar19	86.7%
Feb19	84.4%
Jan19	84.4%
Dec18	86.4%
Nov18	87.6%
Oct18	89.1%
Sep18	89%
Aug18	89.8%
Jul18	89.4%
Jun18	90.8%
May18	90.4%
Apr18	88.6%
Mar18	84.7%
Feb18	85.1%
Jan18	85.3%
Dec17	85%
Nov17	88.7%
Oct17	90%
Sep17	89.7%
Aug17	90.4%
Jul17	90.3%
Jun17	90.7%
May17	89.7%
Apr17	90.5%
Mar17	90%
Feb17	87.6%
Jan17	85.3%
Dec16	86.3%
Nov16	88.6%
Oct16	89.2%
Sep16	90.8%
Aug16	91.2%
Jul16	90.5%
Jun16	90.8%
May16	90.4%
Apr16	90.1%
Mar16	87.4%
Feb16	87.9%
Jan16	88.7%
Dec15	91%
Nov15	91.4%
Oct15	92.5%
Sep15	93.5%
Aug15	94.5%
Jul15	95.2%
Jun15	94.9%
May15	94.4%
Apr15	93.4%
Mar15	92.9%
Feb15	92.1%
Jan15	91.3%
Dec14	90.1%
Nov14	93.6%
Oct14	93.9%
Sep14	94.8%
Aug14	95.2%
Jul14	95.3%
Jun14	95.3%
May14	94.9%
Apr14	95.4%
Mar14	95.7%
Feb14	94.7%
Jan14	95.3%
Dec13	95.4%
Nov13	96%
Oct13	95.7%
Sep13	95.8%
Aug13	96.4%
Jul13	96.7%
Jun13	97%
May13	96.7%
Apr13	93.5%
Mar13	93.4%
Feb13	94.3%
Jan13	94.6%
Dec12	94.7%
Nov12	96.1%
Oct12	96.3%
Sep12	96.8%
Aug12	97.1%
Jul12	97.1%
Jun12	96.8%
May12	96.9%
Apr12	96.5%
Mar12	96.6%
Feb12	95.1%
Jan12	95.8%
Dec11	95.8%
Nov11	96.6%
Oct11	96.6%
Sep11	96.9%
Aug11	97.6%
Jul11	97.7%
Jun11	97.2%
May11	97.1%
Apr11	97%
Mar11	96.9%
Feb11	97.1%
Jan11	95.8%

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Release date

November 2024

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United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

January 2011 to October 2024

Supplementary notes

Time from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge

NHS operational standards state that 95 percent of patients attending A&E should be admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours.

Figures show data from all three types of A&E: A&E departments in hospitals(Type 1 A&E), single specialty departments (Type 2 A&E) and other A&E units/minor injury units (Type 3).

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