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A&E attendances seen within four hours, England

The share of attendances at all types of A&E in England where the patient was admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours of arrival, each month over ten years.

Seen within four hours

74.4%

Sep 2026

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 11:50 UTC
Within four hours, all A&E types
0%20%40%60%80%100%Oct 16Jun 18Feb 20Oct 21Jun 23Feb 25Sep 2674.4%

Source: NHS England. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

120 periods, newest first

PeriodWithin four hours, all A&E types
Sep 202674.4%
Aug 202675.0%
Jul 202675.4%
Jun 202675.0%
May 202675.7%
Apr 202676.9%
Mar 202677.1%
Feb 202674.1%
Jan 202672.5%
Dec 202573.8%
Nov 202574.2%
Oct 202574.2%
Sep 202575.1%
Aug 202575.9%
Jul 202576.4%
Jun 202575.6%
May 202575.4%
Apr 202574.8%
Mar 202575.0%
Feb 202573.5%
Jan 202573.0%
Dec 202471.1%
Nov 202472.2%
Oct 202473.1%
Sep 202474.2%
Aug 202476.3%
Jul 202475.2%
Jun 202474.6%
May 202474.0%
Apr 202474.5%
Mar 202474.3%
Feb 202471.0%
Jan 202470.4%
Dec 202369.5%
Nov 202369.8%
Oct 202370.3%
Sep 202371.7%
Aug 202373.0%
Jul 202374.0%
Jun 202373.4%
May 202374.0%
Apr 202374.6%
Mar 202371.5%
Feb 202371.5%
Jan 202372.5%
Dec 202265.2%
Nov 202269.0%
Oct 202269.5%
Sep 202271.1%
Aug 202271.7%
Jul 202271.1%
Jun 202272.1%
May 202272.8%
Apr 202272.2%
Mar 202271.6%
Feb 202273.3%
Jan 202274.3%
Dec 202173.4%
Nov 202174.1%
Oct 202173.9%
Sep 202175.2%
Aug 202177.0%
Jul 202177.7%
Jun 202181.3%
May 202183.7%
Apr 202185.4%
Mar 202186.1%
Feb 202183.9%
Jan 202178.5%
Dec 202080.3%
Nov 202083.8%
Oct 202084.4%
Sep 202087.3%
Aug 202089.2%
Jul 202092.0%
Jun 202092.8%
May 202093.5%
Apr 202090.4%
Mar 202084.3%
Feb 202082.8%
Jan 202081.7%
Dec 201979.8%
Nov 201981.4%
Oct 201983.6%
Sep 201985.2%
Aug 201986.3%
Jul 201986.5%
Jun 201986.4%
May 201986.6%
Apr 201985.1%
Mar 201986.6%
Feb 201984.2%
Jan 201984.4%
Dec 201886.4%
Nov 201887.6%
Oct 201889.0%
Sep 201888.9%
Aug 201889.7%
Jul 201889.3%
Jun 201890.8%
May 201890.4%
Apr 201888.6%
Mar 201884.6%
Feb 201885.0%
Jan 201885.3%
Dec 201785.0%
Nov 201788.8%
Oct 201789.9%
Sep 201789.7%
Aug 201790.3%
Jul 201790.3%
Jun 201790.7%
May 201789.7%
Apr 201790.5%
Mar 201790.0%
Feb 201787.5%
Jan 201785.1%
Dec 201686.2%
Nov 201688.4%
Oct 201689.1%

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Source and licence

Publisher
NHS England
Check it yourself
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Verification

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 11:50 UTC Run at 28 October 2026, 11:50 UTC; 120 of 120 figures matched the live source.

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PassProvenance recordedNHS England; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-28T11:49:26Z; 2 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2562 of 2 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures120 of 120 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers120 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure120 of 120 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassNHS England file is currentlatest month 2026-09 ended 28 days before retrieval (limit 75), from Monthly-AE-Time-Series-September-2026-LS35fw.xls
PassThe month's A&E CSV agrees1 of 1 figures match 1,817,992 of 2,444,743 attendances within four hours in the total row of https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/September-2026-CSV-Re72Eh.csv
Not runSource page answershttps://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/ refuses automated requests (a bot challenge, HTTP 202); open it in a browser to compare

Notes

  • All A&E types, including booked appointments. From May 2019 to May 2023, 14 trusts testing new standards did not report four-hour figures, so those months are not fully comparable.