NHS Grampian has failed to meet A&E waiting time target for over a year

Posted by Jamie Mackie | Updated 2019-10-08

Waiting times in Accident and Emergency facilities across NHS Grampian hit an eight month low this week, with only 88.2% of patients being seen within the 4 hour deadline. The cash strapped local health board has not reached the 95% target in any week since 22^nd July 2018.

Responding to the news that performance against the A&E waiting time target has fallen to its lowest level since 24^th February, North East Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Rumbles commented:

“NHS Grampian is the worst funded health board in Scotland. It gets less money per head of population than any other health board area and the Scottish Government has failed to meet even its own target for funding. It is no wonder that our local health care services are consistently among the worst performing in the country.

“The hard-working staff in NHS Grampian are over stretched and most departments don’t have the resources they need to provide the same level of health care that patients in other parts of Scotland receive.

“What make matters worse is that the Scottish Government has turned a blind eye to the plight of NHS Grampian. It is appalling that despite underfunding the local health board by £239 million over the past decade the Health Secretary has confirmed that it will still not receive its fair share of funding in this years budget.”

ENDS

Notes to editors:

The latest ISD Scotland statistics can be found here. The Scottish Government’s target for 4 hours waiting time in A&E is 95%.

Data provided by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe):

NHS Grampian allocation compared with NRAC target allocation

	Actual allocation £m	NRAC target allocation £m	Distance from parity £m
2009-10	660.7	685.2	-24.5
2010-11	678.5	705.2	-26.7
2011-12	691.1	725.6	-34.5
2012-13	711.7	745.4	-33.7
2013-14	743.8	776.6	-32.8
2014-15	773.3	808.0	-34.7
2015-16	827.3	844.3	-17.0
2016-17 (a)	847.4	859.7	-12.3
2017-18 (a)	853.0	861.0	-8.0
2018-19 (a)	871.2	878.6	-7.4
2019-20 (a)	908.5	916.2	-7.7

(a) allocations for 2016-17 to 2018-19 are revised to remove funding streams that are

(b) not allocated on an NRAC basis

The total distance from parity over the whole period shown is £239.2m.

A&E Targt data for each week from 22^nd July 2018 to 29^th September 2019 (Information Services Division Scotland):

week_ending_date	attendance	number_over_ 4_hours	percentage_within_ 4_hours	number_over_ 8_hours	percentage_within_ 8_hours	number_over_ 12_hours	percentage_within_ 12_hours
22/07/2018	1,934	75	96.1	0	100.0	0	100.0
29/07/2018	1,832	103	94.4	0	100.0	0	100.0
05/08/2018	2,002	139	93.1	4	99.8	0	100.0
12/08/2018	1,932	142	92.7	6	99.7	0	100.0
19/08/2018	2,068	128	93.8	1	100.0	0	100.0
26/08/2018	1,908	135	92.9	4	99.8	0	100.0
02/09/2018	2,069	114	94.5	2	99.9	0	100.0
09/09/2018	2,146	157	92.7	4	99.8	0	100.0
16/09/2018	2,003	136	93.2	4	99.8	0	100.0
23/09/2018	1,997	112	94.4	5	99.7	1	99.9
30/09/2018	2,079	173	91.7	3	99.9	0	100.0
07/10/2018	1,885	119	93.7	3	99.8	1	99.9
14/10/2018	1,983	148	92.5	2	99.9	0	100.0
21/10/2018	1,771	108	93.9	3	99.8	0	100.0
28/10/2018	1,697	88	94.8	1	99.9	0	100.0
04/11/2018	1,863	96	94.8	4	99.8	0	100.0
11/11/2018	1,878	126	93.3	3	99.8	0	100.0
18/11/2018	1,917	156	91.9	4	99.8	0	100.0
25/11/2018	1,845	128	93.1	5	99.7	0	100.0
02/12/2018	1,846	177	90.4	10	99.5	0	100.0
09/12/2018	1,949	192	90.1	14	99.3	3	99.8
16/12/2018	1,927	187	90.3	6	99.7	0	100.0
23/12/2018	1,870	136	92.7	5	99.7	0	100.0
30/12/2018	1,852	130	93.0	3	99.8	1	99.9
06/01/2019	1,920	153	92.0	1	99.9	0	100.0
13/01/2019	1,809	195	89.2	15	99.2	3	99.8
20/01/2019	1,830	199	89.1	3	99.8	0	100.0
27/01/2019	1,884	182	90.3	18	99.0	1	99.9
03/02/2019	1,931	182	90.6	6	99.7	1	99.9
10/02/2019	2,115	278	86.9	23	98.9	5	99.8
17/02/2019	1,915	239	87.5	12	99.4	1	99.9
24/02/2019	2,024	265	86.9	7	99.7	0	100.0
03/03/2019	2,049	184	91.0	5	99.8	0	100.0
10/03/2019	1,964	117	94.0	5	99.7	0	100.0
17/03/2019	1,949	166	91.5	8	99.6	1	99.9
24/03/2019	2,019	127	93.7	6	99.7	1	100.0
31/03/2019	2,000	155	92.2	6	99.7	1	100.0
07/04/2019	1,797	106	94.1	2	99.9	0	100.0
14/04/2019	1,900	141	92.6	6	99.7	0	100.0
21/04/2019	2,107	162	92.3	2	99.9	0	100.0
28/04/2019	2,255	237	89.5	5	99.8	1	100.0
05/05/2019	2,036	186	90.9	10	99.5	2	99.9
12/05/2019	2,084	177	91.5	9	99.6	0	100.0
19/05/2019	2,158	186	91.4	4	99.8	0	100.0
26/05/2019	2,009	153	92.4	5	99.8	0	100.0
02/06/2019	1,898	138	92.7	8	99.6	0	100.0
09/06/2019	2,034	144	92.9	4	99.8	1	100.0
16/06/2019	2,002	187	90.7	8	99.6	0	100.0
23/06/2019	2,238	240	89.3	21	99.1	0	100.0
30/06/2019	2,132	185	91.3	8	99.6	0	100.0
07/07/2019	2,121	189	91.1	8	99.6	0	100.0
14/07/2019	2,084	148	92.9	8	99.6	1	100.0
21/07/2019	2,054	180	91.2	7	99.7	1	100.0
28/07/2019	2,167	203	90.6	11	99.5	0	100.0
04/08/2019	2,046	167	91.8	2	99.9	0	100.0
11/08/2019	1,963	152	92.3	3	99.8	0	100.0
18/08/2019	2,030	213	89.5	8	99.6	0	100.0
25/08/2019	2,094	187	91.1	4	99.8	0	100.0
01/09/2019	2,235	184	91.8	6	99.7	1	100.0
08/09/2019	2,128	140	93.4	10	99.5	0	100.0
15/09/2019	2,068	177	91.4	6	99.7	0	100.0
22/09/2019	2,151	227	89.4	5	99.8	0	100.0
29/09/2019	2,264	267	88.2	20	99.1	0	100.0