Shropshire A&E patient figures are down for third week
The number of patients dealt with at accident and emergency departments within the Government's target waiting time at Shropshire hospitals has fallen for the third week in a row.
Nearly four out of five patients at the Royal Shrewsbury and Telford's Princess Royal hospitals - which are run by Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust - were seen within the four hour target time during the week ending January 25.
The 79.9 per cent figure is lower than the 80.2 per cent from the week before, ending January 18, but the trust did see more people coming through its doors during last week.
The week before that, ending January 11, the figure was 80.5 per cent - which was up from the previous week's 76.1 per cent and the last time the trust saw an improvement.
The percentage is still some way below the Government's 95 per cent target for patients to be seen, treated and admitted or discharged within four hours at A&E units.
It is also below the England average which this week has improved to 89.4 per cent.
The 79.9 per cent figure equates to 386 people having to wait longer than the four hours target to be seen or admitted into hospital.
In Shropshire, the number of people coming through the doors rose by 53 to 1,900 during the week up to last Sunday, increasing the pressure on the two under-siege A&E departments.
The number has remained lower, however, than the 2,115 who visited during the first week of 2015. It has been suggested the numbers coming through the doors shows people have heeded warnings to only visit hospitals in emergencies.
The number of emergency admissions during the week in the county was 452, up by 37 compared to the week before.
