Increase in A&E Waiting Times at Scarborough and York Hospitals

Tuesday, 5 December 2023 06:00

By Adam Laver, Local Democracy Reporter

Waiting times are increasing at York and Scarborough emergency departments as almost 20 per cent wait for more than 12 hours before being seen.

The figure was presented in a monthly report to the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s board of directors on Wednesday, November 29.

It shows that 19.7 per cent of type one attendants – or 2,063 patients – waited for more than 12 hours, a 2.0 per cent increase from September.

The trust is aiming to get that figure down to 7.5 per cent (150 patients), but it has only been under 10 per cent in two separate months since December 2022.

Chief executive Simon Morritt said :

“We’re not the highest when looking at other trusts but it is too high,” .

“We need to significantly reduce the numbers.”

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s new chair has said that waiting times are one of his focuses in his first board of directors meeting since taking over from interim chair Mark Chamberlain.

Martin Barkley took on teh role from November 1st, he was previously Chief Executive of Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust from 2016 until his retirement in 2021. This followed eight years as Chief Executive of Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.

Mr Barkley said,

“I am delighted to have been appointed and work with you and thank you for all your support,”

“I think it’s really important for me to do my best to re-establish trust and confidence the governors have in the board.”

Mr Barkley also said he would be

“getting out and seeing services the trust provides because there’s an awful lot I need to learn” and “test out and seek assurance about the plans the trust has regarding maternity, waiting times, reducing trolley waits, the financial situation and the development of the five-year strategy.”

He said he would

“make much-needed improvements for the patients and the staff who work here” and that he believed in the “importance of distributive leadership rather than heroic leadership.”

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