MP Helen Jones has expressed her anger over a “blackout” on the performance of hospital A&E departments over the Christmas and New Year period.
The Warrington North MP has called on the government to release the data which will ensure people can see how local A&E departments cope during the festive season.
This follows the announcement that the NHSW has suspended the publication of weekly performance for three weeks from yesterday (Friday).
Ms Jones said: “Currently there are record-breaking pressures on A&E departments and ambulance services.
“This new blackout looks like an attempt by the government to hide the problems they have caused within our NHS.
“The figures will still be collected from hospital trusts and should be released and the failure to release them makes a mockery of the Health Secretary’s claim that he believes in transparency.”
The data covers the number of patients attending, waiting times, patients kept on trolleys, ambulance queues, vehicles diverted to other A&Es, bed capacity and cancelled operations.
MP’s anger over AE “blackout”
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