Question follow-through · 1068

Royal Bolton Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for patients at the Royal Bolton Hospital Emergency Department in the latest period for which data is available.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
24 Jul 2024
Answer
26 Jul 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 22 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for patients at the Royal Bolton Hospital Emergency Department in the latest period for which data is available.

  2. 24 Jul 2024

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  3. 26 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    This information is not available in the format requested. The latest published National Health Service data, from June 2024, shows that 61.8% of patients were admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.The Gover...

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