The figures show that at trusts which have announced a critical incident - where pressure on services is so high health services are at full capacity and need to prioritise urgent care - nearly one in six, or 15.4 per cent, of patients had to wait 12 hours or longer.
At Blackpool Teaching Hospitals and Countess of Chester Hospital Trusts 27.5 per cent and 26.6 per cent of waits took 12 hours or longer last month.
Exclusive: New figures reveal the extent of the crisis hitting the NHS as Trusts are accused of leaving patients ‘in the dark’ over local services.
The Lib Dems accused the government of a “lack of urgency” to deal with the crisis hitting the NHS this winter and warned patients were being left “in the dark” on what is happening with their local services.
But many trusts that have not publicly declared a critical incident have even worse waits, according to data from the House of Commons library, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats.
