Huge disparities in A&E waiting times across England have been laid bare in a startling Daily Mail analysis.
Our investigation reveals the country’s best-performing and most beleaguered emergency departments – with patients at some hospitals more than 40 times as likely to endure waits of over 12 hours as those at others.
The Mail examined NHS England figures covering millions of A&E attendances between October 2025 and September 2026, ranking hospital trusts according to the proportion of patients who waited more than half a day before being admitted, discharged or transferred.
Across England, around one in ten patients endured such lengthy delays –
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