MORE patients at Basingstoke hospital are facing long waits for A&E - some have even waited longer than 12 hours. 

High volumes of people attending emergency departments, alongside patients staying in hospital longer have been blamed for thousands of people left waiting more than four hours to be seen at Hampshire Hospitals A&E departments. 

Latest figures published by NHS England show that of the 12,101 attendances at the trust’s emergency departments in Basingstoke and Winchester in July 4,779 had to wait longer than four hours - almost 400 more than June.

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Seven patients even waited longer than 12 hours to be seen. Across the UK there were nearly 30,000 12-hour waits.

You can read the full story in this week’s edition of the Gazette. 

Also in this week's paper:

  • A Basingstoke man has become the world champion in drug free body building by winning the international competition in Italy
  • The leader of a community action group has said top councillors “dismissed, ignored and avoided” residents when there was a time to actively listen to them over plans to regenerate Winklebury
  • Proposals that would see warehouses built on countryside near Junction 5 of the M3 motorway have sparked objections from parish councils
  • A kitchen fitter from Basingstoke stalked his ex-girlfriend by driving around with posters of her stuck to the outside of his van, a court heard
  • Use it or lose it - that is the message from the owner of a Basingstoke independent business which is under threat of closure if sales do not pick up within the next few weeks
  • The water company for Basingstoke has seen an increase in leaks and bursts across its supply area, with more than 20 leaks reported in Basingstoke and Deane
  • A house builder has been criticised for using a sprinkler system to water its show home lawns
  • Dog owners and other visitors to Basingstoke Canal are being urged to take extra care as water levels continue to fall this summer
  • A plan to convert an 18th century pub into two houses has been turned down by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
  • Plans to open a new fish and chip shop in a residential area in Basingstoke have been rejected by councillors after neighbours complained about the potential smell
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  • Two pages of your letters to the editor
  • Two pages of news from our communities.An eight-page puzzle special
  • Two pages of business news
  • Three pages of entertainment news
  • Three pages of sports news. And much more!

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