Betsi Cadwaladr was once again the worst-performing health board in Wales for seeing patients inside four hours at major A&E units in January 2020.

Across the whole health board, just 58 per cent of patients that attended at the three major A&E units were seen within four hours, although that was an improvement on the December figures when just 56.4 per cent were seen.

The figures show Ysbyty Gwynedd was the best-performing unit, with 69.9 per cent of patients seen inside four hours, an improvement on 66 per cent in December.

There were also improvements at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd and Wrexham Maelor, but the performance at both units was significantly worse than at Ysbyty Gwynedd.

Wrexham Maelor was again the worst performing unit in Wales with just 52.7 per cent of patients seen inside four hours in January, compared to 52.2 per cent in December.

Ysbyty Glan Clwyd had 53.5 per cent of patients seen inside four hours, an increase from 52.5 in December, but that was still the second worst performance in major units in Wales.

The best-performing hospital was again University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff where 78.7 per cent of patients were seen, although that was a drop in performance compared to the figure for December of 80.3 per cent.

Neighbouring Hywel Dda was the best performing health board of those with more than one major A&E unit, with Bronglais Hospital the best, seeing 77.8 per cent of patients inside four hours.

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