A number of hospital trusts in Greater Manchester have been ranked among the worst for waiting times at A&E departments across the country.
Five NHS trusts across the region saw patients waiting over 12 hours to be admitted, transferred or discharged after presenting at accident and emergency in February.
For the first time, NHS England has published data on the number of patients having to wait more than 12 hours - and ranked trusts accordingly. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community The hospital trust in our region with the highest proportion of people having to wait over 12 hours in February this year was Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, where 19.7 per cent of patients had to wait for this amount of time.
Elsewhere across Greater Manchester, of the 7,615 people who attended Bolton NHS Foundation Trust in February, 1,120 or 14.7 per cent had to wait more than 12 hours.