According to information supplied by ePower Trucks, between July and September 32,744, attendees of Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA), which the Royal Oldham Hospital is a part of, waited longer than four hours in A&E. The data collated information on the 93,316 patients that visited the trust, which incorporates hospitals in Oldham, Bury, Salford and Rochdale. Approximately 10,915 people wait long hours for treatment in the trust every month – which equates to 35.1 percent of all patients. READ MORE: Wait times for cancer diagnoses could halve in OldhamHowever, residents attending Bolton NHS Foundation Trust can expect to wait even longer with 37.3 per cent of its 33,388 attendees waiting over four hours in A&E, and 35.9 per cent of the 28,255 patients at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust also waiting longer. Over in Ashton-under-Lyme, 10,111 of the 31,816 residents who attended Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust had to wait for over four hours.

Source: The Times November 20, 2023 11:04 UTC