PATIENT waiting time in Wales still have a 'long way to go' according to the Welsh Government who have labelled the latest NHS Wales performance data as 'disappointing'. The figures show that, in May, just over 36,600 emergency calls were made to the ambulance service. This was an average of 1,182 calls per day, on average 87 more calls per day than the previous month, and 30 (2.
6%) more per day than the same month last year. An average of 165 immediately life-threatening calls were made each day, 12 more than in April and the third highest on record. 45.
8% of red calls received an emergency response within eight minutes. This was 2.2 percentage points lower than in April.
There was an average of 3,215 daily attendances to emergency departments, an increase compared to the previous month and performance decreased against the four and twelve hour targets. The average (median) time spent in emergency departments increased in May compared to the previous month to two hours and forty one minutes. The pandemic has also caused a large increase in patient pathways waiting to start treatment.
In April, the number increased from just under 768,900 to just over 775,000, the highest figure on record. Responding to the figures, a spokesperson for the Welsh Government added: "This is a disappointing set of NHS performance figures for April and May and shows we still have a long way to go to reduce long waits which built up during the pandemic, but it should be noted that these figures may.
