More than 2,000 people waited over 12 hours in Greater Manchester A&Es last month - the situation is only getting worse

More than 2,200 people had to wait over 12 hours in A&E departments in Greater Manchester last month, according to the latest data released by the NHS.

A total of 109,246 people attended emergency departments across the region region in September. But some 2,236 of those had to wait over 12 hours before being admitted.

The situation is only getting worse, the figures show, as more people come through the doors to A&E, there is higher demand on 999 services, and patients are filling up hospital beds due to lack of space within the social care sector. Month-on-month and year-on-year, A&E waiting times are continuously deteriorating in Greater Manchester.

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In August 1,724 people had to wait more than 12 hours in A&E. That means the number has increased by 30 per cent in the space of just a month.

In July, 1,751 patients waiting more than 12 hours in A&E, whereas back in January, it was 1,169.

Fewer than two thirds - 59 per cent - of people attending A&E last month were admitted within four hours, with 64,221 out of the total 109,246 being seen in that time.

The situation in Greater Manchester is reflected across the country. A total of 32,776 people across England had to wait more than 12 hours to be admitted to A&E. 63 per cent of A&E attendees were admitted within four hours.

In the last quarter, (July to September 2022) the total was 90,849 people waiting longer than 12 hours around the country.

That’s compared to 10,019 people at the same time last year, 952 people the year before that - and just 19 people back in 2010, the year the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition came to power.

Steve Dixon, chief delivery