Health Target 3 – Emergency Dept Waiting Times

The 3rd health target is for 95% of ED patients to be admitted, discharged or transferred within six hours. This is a critically important one that saves lives.

From 2015 to 2017 it was at around 92%. Over the next five years it fell to a terrible 70.9%, and in the transition year to 68.8%.

This may be one of the hardest ones to turn around, but one of the most important ones.