Wales' hospital treatment time longest in UK

geemong

Wales' hospital treatment time longest in UK





Treatment time of patients in hospitals is more than 60% longer in Wales than England, a BBC investigation has found.

For retrained players SLOTXO Suggest paying bets with the minimum amount first in the first period. If you are good at playing, then move the money you spend on betting a little bit.

Data shows patients are staying in Welsh hospitals for an average of seven days, the longest in any UK nation.

The Nuffield Trust said this plus long waits for planned treatment and surgery meant many patients were "missing out on care they should expect".

The boss of the Welsh NHS said the service was under "enormous pressures".

"Every day hundreds, if not thousands, have good care from the NHS. I don't accept that we're in a crisis situation," said Welsh NHS Chief Executive Judith Paget.

Over the last 10 years the average length of a hospital stay - seen as a key measure for health service efficiency - in England has dropped to just over four days, research from independent healthcare research charity The Nuffield Trust has found.

In Wales that average stay is seven days, with research showing the gap between Wales and England's average has widened.