Figures for the second week in January on BBC News’ tracker give a slightly improved picture of how Great Western Hospital and especially it’s A&E department is coping with this winter’s pressures on its services.
Bed days lost to norovirus (the winter vomiting bug) were down to zero against a national average of 32.5.
The A&E target for 95 per cent of patients to be seen within four hours was still being missed. During the week 87 per cent were seen within the four hour limit making GWH the twenty-second worst of the 105 hospitals missing the target – a marked improvement on the previous week.
Ambulances queuing to deliver patients to A&E were down. But the number of A&E patients being looked after on trolleys while they wait for further treatment or admission was slightly up.
Blocked beds were up by 33 at 108 lost bed days over the week which is close to the average for hospitals in England. And the number of planned operations which had to be cancelled was up 2 to 10 – three above the average across England.
