Shropshire A&E waiting times are second worst in country
Shropshire's A&E waiting times last month were ranked the second worst in the country.
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has also missed its target for cancer care, but it did scored highly in other areas, hitting targets in planned operations and mental health therapy.
In September, 70.4 per cent of patients were treated or admitted within four hours of arriving at the A&Es in the county, according to figures from NHS England. The target is 95 per cent.
The only trust ranking lower than SaTH was United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, where 69.5 per cent of patients were seen within four hours.
Of the trusts, 18 hit the 95 per cent target, while 113 trusts missed it. The average across England was 88.9 per cent.
The news comes after it was revealed that more than 30,000 people waited four hours or more in A&E between 2017-18, according to NHS England.
Overall, 72 per cent of people were discharged, transferred or admitted to a ward within four hours of arriving.
The 2017-18 report shows that the SaTH's A&E departments saw the equivalent of 317 people a day last year.
About 115,700 people went to A&E in the last financial year, down from 119,900 the previous year.
Of these, 32,840 waited for more than four hours, from arriving in A&E to being discharged, transferred or admitted to a ward.
Last month 82.3 per cent of patients started cancer treatment within 62 days of urgent GP referral, missing a target of 85 per cent. The average across the trusts was 79.4 per cent.
But SaTH did hit other targets, with 92.5 per cent of patients having planned operations and care within 18 weeks of referral against a 92 per cent target, and 89 per cent of patients starting mental health therapy within six weeks of referral, compared to a 75 per cent target.
SaTH has been approached by the Shropshire Star to comment.
