A south east London NHS Trust has some of the worst A&E waiting times in the capital - with more than a third of patients waiting longer than four hours.

According to a new report, 37.3 per cent of patients at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust waited more than four hours to be seen between October and December 2023.

This puts the Trust, which includes University Hospital Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in the top five for longest A&E waiting times in London.

This finding is part of an A&E Waiting Time Report, which ranked NHS trusts by the percentage of people waiting more than four hours in their A&E departments, in the third quarter of the 2023-24 fiscal year.

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The number of patients at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust's emergency departments waiting more than four hours was 28,516 over the quarter or an average of 9,505 per month.

The report showed that other trusts in London also recorded long waiting times.

Whittington Health NHS Trust, in north London, had the worst waiting times in the capital with 41.2 per cent of their 26,275 patients waiting more than four hours in A&E.

This figure totalled 10,826 individuals, equal to roughly 3,609 each month.

Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust a saw 32.2 per cent of their patients enduring A&E waits over the four-hour threshold.

That meant a total of 16,635 patients faced prolonged waiting times between October and December 2023.

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Elsewhere, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust had the lowest percentage of patients waiting more than four hours at A&E departments, at 18.3 per cent.

Overall, Barts Health NHS Trust had the highest total A&E attendees in London - a staggering 125,795, with nearly 43,000 of these waiting more than four hours.

The report, put together by ePower Trucks and Online Marketing Surgery, provides a snapshot of pressures on A&E departments across London.

Their figures were calculated using data sourced from the NHS website.

The average number of patients waiting over four hours per month was calculated by dividing the total number waiting over that threshold by three - the number of months in the study period.

Those trusts with no available waiting times data were excluded from the report.

A spokesperson for Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust said: "During the winter months, we have experienced an extremely high level of demand for our emergency services from the large population served by our two A&Es.

"While we aim to see patients as soon as possible and always factor in clinical need when prioritising which patients are seen first, this does unfortunately often mean that waiting times are much higher than we would like to see.

"We encourage all of our local residents to use the right service to help us help you stay well.

"A great way to check whether A&E is the right port of call is by visiting the ‘Use the right service’ page on our website.

"As that page says, A&E is for emergencies and life-threatening situations only."