A report has been published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), which has unveiled that people who spend more time in A&E have increased chances to get admitted there.

The report that has covered entire England has affirmed that 20% patients, who spend between 2 hours, 41 minutes and 2 hours, 50 minutes get admitted in A&E. The percentage gets increased to 39% when the time frame gets increased that is between 3 hours, 31 minutes and 3 hours and 40 minutes.

A report was taken out by National Audit Office (NAO) in October. It has blamed the government's target for increasing number of patients getting admitted in hospitals. As per the government-set target, patient should be seen within four hours.

One of the other things that the report has unveiled is that one in two patients aged over 64 get admitted in hospital. The number gets increased for elderly as well as for children during winters.

The report has unveiled that now people prefer to visit A&E units during morning and that too between 9am and 6pm and do not prefer to visit overnight. April to June is considered to be most busy time for A&E ward.