Kiwis have given up on ED

Newshub reports:

Newshub can reveal every month thousands of people are choosing to leave emergency departments instead of waiting for treatment, whilst the number of patients waiting more than 24 hours in an emergency department is soaring.

National implemented and achieved a target of 95% of ED patients being seen within six hours.

Labour scrapped that target and now we have thousands of people not even staying to be seen.

Newshub can reveal on average nearly 3400 people are walking out of EDs every month and that’s not even counting those who sign the paperwork confirming it was their choice to go.

Over a year that would be 40,000 people who went to ED and walked out!

“I can confirm that 540 people waited longer than 24 hours in an emergency department in the month of June 2022.”

Again National had 95% of patients being seen within six hours.