The trust which operates Grimsby's hospital missed its Government-set target for A&E waiting figures from October to December 28, figures released today show.
Covering Christmas, the figures for October 5 to December 28 show Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) saw 91.8 per cent of patients in A&E in four hours or less.
The government target for the country is 95 per cent.
Figures also show 92.9 per cent of patients were seen in four hours or less for A&E, single speciality department, other A&E and minor injury unit.
Nationally, the performance is the worst quarterly result since the target was introduced at the end of 2004.
Dr Sarah Pinto-Duschinsky, director of operations and delivery for NHS England, said: "In the immediate run up to Christmas the NHS treated 446,500 A&E attendees, up 38,000 on the same week last year. And there were 112,600 emergency admissions – the highest number in a single week since we started publishing performance figures in 2010.
"We faced similar demand over Christmas itself. In the week ending December 28 A&E attendances were up more than 31,000 on the same period last year, meaning we successfully treated more patients in under four hours than ever before."
Read more in tomorrow's Grimsby Telegraph.
