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The Balfour

Foreland Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NZ · Run by NHS Orkney

A&E performance

July 2026 · all A&E department types at this hospital.

A&E attendances
822
In the latest month
Seen within 4 hours
91.8%
Scottish standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
1
Attendances (episode-based)
Seen within 4 hours
All A&E department types
85%90%95%100%Jul 19Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26Standard 95%91.8%95.6%July 201997.8%August 201998.7%September 201997.4%October 201998.2%November 201997.5%December 201995.6%January 202094.1%February 202094.9%March 202098.7%April 202097.5%May 202098.7%June 202099.1%July 202098.7%August 202098.6%September 202093.6%October 202097.0%November 202095.7%December 202095.8%January 202192.0%February 202196.1%March 202197.1%April 202197.2%May 202197.7%June 202196.9%July 202196.4%August 202196.0%September 202195.1%October 202196.5%November 202194.3%December 202192.1%January 202294.5%February 202292.1%March 202291.2%April 202295.2%May 202291.9%June 202292.3%July 202289.2%August 202289.1%September 202289.8%October 202289.7%November 202287.6%December 202286.7%January 202384.9%February 202385.0%March 202388.3%April 202385.6%May 202388.4%June 202387.8%July 202387.5%August 202392.7%September 202395.2%October 202391.8%November 202391.9%December 202393.3%January 202490.0%February 202494.3%March 202490.8%April 202493.5%May 202491.2%June 202491.6%July 202489.8%August 202489.4%September 202490.9%October 202491.5%November 202491.7%December 202487.3%January 202592.2%February 202592.4%March 202594.5%April 202597.2%May 202596.8%June 202595.4%July 202591.8%August 202594.8%September 202589.9%October 202593.5%November 202595.0%December 202591.6%January 202690.1%February 202695.3%March 202693.8%April 202695.3%May 202693.9%June 202691.8%July 2026
A&E attendances
Per month
200400600800Jul 19Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26822677July 2019651August 2019614September 2019568October 2019541November 2019600December 2019585January 2020562February 2020415March 2020236April 2020357May 2020399June 2020467July 2020520August 2020506September 2020454October 2020437November 2020415December 2020402January 2021375February 2021487March 2021509April 2021597May 2021610June 2021644July 2021660August 2021606September 2021546October 2021517November 2021543December 2021560January 2022477February 2022592March 2022599April 2022712May 2022717June 2022665July 2022706August 2022654September 2022559October 2022663November 2022695December 2022596January 2023549February 2023634March 2023643April 2023729May 2023640June 2023729July 2023730August 2023655September 2023589October 2023564November 2023665December 2023596January 2024643February 2024683March 2024694April 2024785May 2024726June 2024790July 2024747August 2024695September 2024649October 2024609November 2024676December 2024664January 2025563February 2025684March 2025729April 2025742May 2025747June 2025854July 2025753August 2025744September 2025702October 2025679November 2025682December 2025606January 2026583February 2026644March 2026713April 2026825May 2026808June 2026822July 2026

Source: Public Health Scotland, Monthly A&E Activity & Waiting Times. Scottish figures are measured separately from NHS England and are not directly comparable. About this data

A&E figures come from Public Health Scotland's monthly statistics, reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland measures A&E performance separately from NHS England. See methodology.