NHS England · 9 June 2017 – 13 December 2019

Twelve-hour trolley waits during the Conservative 2017–2019 government

May 2017 → November 2019 · 30 periods

↑ 866.1%+996 patients

Twelve-hour trolley waits rose by 866.1% over the period, from 115 patients (May 2017, the level when the government took office) to 1,111 (November 2019, the last complete period before it left office).

Inherited level May 2017: 115
Level when it left November 2019: 1,111
method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

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Definition and caveats

The number of patients in England who waited more than twelve hours from the decision to admit them to actually being admitted, in the month. This is the measure often called a trolley wait.

Doesn’t measure: Time spent in A&E before the decision to admit, which is often long and is measured separately (total time in A&E over twelve hours is a much larger number published in the ECDS supplementary series).