ONLY three in five patients who arrived at accident and emergency at Barnsley Hospital last month were seen within four hours, new figures show.
The NHS standard is for 95 per cent of patients to be seen within four hours.
However, as part of a recovery plan, the health service aims for 78 per cent of patients to be seen within this time frame by next month.
Recent NHS England figures show there were 8,683 visits to A and E at the Gawber Road site in January.
Of them, 5,224 were seen within four hours – accounting for 60 per cent of arrivals.
This means the trust fell well below the recovery target and the original standard.
A total of 795 patients waited longer than four hours.
Tim Gardner, assistant director of policy at the Health Foundation, said: “Today’s figures further highlight the continuing strain on urgent and emergency care services this winter.”
