The NHS’s ten worst-performing A&E wards revealed… but is your local hospital named?
The list comes after NHS England suffered its worst A&E waiting times on record
THE UK's worst performing A&E wards have been revealed as the NHS crisis deepens.
The list comes after NHS England suffered its worst A&E waiting times on record.
The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Essex held the title for the worst performing ward with only 70.9 per cent of patients being seen within four hours.
East Kent Hospitals came in a close second with 74.3 per cent and Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital coming in third place with 74.6 per cent.
Portsmouth and United Lincolnshire Hospitals also featured with medics only managing to attend to 75 per cent of patients under four hours last month.
North Bristol, Stockport and the University Hospitals of North Midlands and Leicester performed marginally better but woefully fell below the national average of 88.4 per cent.
The performance figures exclude minor injury units and walk-in centres.
Despite not being included in the list, Scotland's A&E has experienced similar levels.
Hospitals are meant to see 95 per cent of patients within four hours.
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Earlier today figures revealed A&E waiting times had reached miserable highest levels in England with only 88.4 per cent of patients being seen in four hours.
Medics blamed difficult winter conditions as a reason for the backlog faced by in emergency rooms.
An NHS England spokesperson said: "As expected, these figures for a month ago confirm what was widely reported at the time, namely that during March the NHS continued to experience severe winter pressures."
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