NHS England Meets Four-Hour A&E Target as Waiting Lists Stabilize

For the first time, 76.3% of A&E patients were seen within four hours, while overall treatment waiting lists remained unchanged in July.

The number of patients waiting over 12 hours in A&E dropped to 28,494 in August, the lowest in 12 months.
The total number of treatments waiting to be carried out stood at 7.62 million at the end of July, unchanged from previous months.
Patients waiting over 52 weeks for routine hospital treatment fell to 290,326, the lowest since December 2020.
Ambulance response times for life-threatening incidents improved to an average of eight minutes and three seconds, the shortest since June 2021.
Concerns remain for the upcoming winter, with potential 'tripledemic' pressures from Covid-19, flu, and RSV.