Government of Jersey

Accident and Emergency waiting times (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by States of Jersey and published on 16 March 2018.

Request

Please could you tell me:

The average waiting time for accident and emergency at the Hospital during January 2018

The average waiting time for accident and emergency for each month throughout 2017

The average waiting time for accident and emergency for each month throughout 2016

Are their guidelines to see people in accident and emergency within a set limit?

If so how many times have these guidelines been breached during 2018, 2017 and 2016?

And if the guidelines are breached what sanction does the Health Department receive?

Response

A to C

The average waiting time in the Emergency Department by month (January 2016 to January 2018) is presented in the table below:

Month	Average time waiting, arrival time to discharge time (hours : minutes)
January 2016	2:13
February 2016	1:59
March 2016	2:18
April 2016	2:17
May 2016	2:11
June 2016	2:14
July 2016	2:20
August 2016	2:14
September 2016	2:29
October 2016	2:18
November 2016	2:17
December 2016	2:42

January 2017	2:27
February 2017	2:12
March 29017	2:07
April 2017	2:16
May 2017	2:16
June 2017	2:16
July 2017	2:16
August 2017	2:23
September 2017	2:18
October 2017	2:08
November 2017	2:26
December 2017	2:36

January 2018

2:39

There is not a formally agreed guideline or targets in place within Jersey General Hospital for Emergency Department waits. Each patient, on presentation to the department, is triaged and treated in order of clinical need.