A&E Stats: Patients are paying the price for Conservative mismanagement

EMBARGO: Immediate Release

Responding to the news that 42,700 A&E patients waited 12 hours from decision to admit to admission in January and that ambulance response times in January 2023 met none of their targets. Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said: 

“Today's statistics are yet another damning verdict of the Government’s management of the NHS.

“Thousands are stuck waiting in A&E or in the backs of ambulances for hours on end, and even more are struggling to get the social care they need. The Conservatives have been running the NHS into the ground for years and patients are paying the price.

“The Government needs to get a grip and fix our NHS and social care services. They can start by paying our carers a proper wage to stop the exodus of workers leaving for better paid work in supermarkets and warehouses.”

ENDS 

Notes to Editors

Ambulance response times in January 2023 met none of their targets: Here

42,700 A&E patients waited 12 hours from decision to admit to admission in January: Here

NHS England A&E Stats for January can be found: Here