Median wait 2.77 hours for ER, urgent care in February

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Median wait times were nearly three hours for emergency and urgent care at Winnipeg hospitals in February.

On Thursday,  Shared Health and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority reported released figures showing that overall median wait times are slightly longer, but 90th percentile wait times are improving. The median wait (which represents the mid-point, meaning half of patients waited longer and half were seen sooner) was 2.77 hours in February, an increase of approximately three minutes from the previous month at city hospitals overall. Ninetieth percentile wait times improved by 21 minutes month-over-month to 7.17 hours.

Fewer patients left without being seen in February, and wait times decreased slightly for admitted patients who needed a hospital bed. Shared Health released the following statistics Thursday:

• Patient volumes increased in February to a daily average of 750, up from 730.4 in January;

• The median length of stay for patients in emergency or urgent care who were awaiting admission to an inpatient unit was 21.77 hours, an improvement from 22.5 hours in January; and

• The overall left without being seen (LWBS) rate in February was 12.1 per cent, an improvement from 13 per cent the previous month. The LWBS rate at HSC Winnipeg’s adult ED improved to 23.4 per cent in February, from 25 per cent in January.