SIX patients waited more than four hours for a bed after being admitted to Burnley General Hospital from the accident and emergency unit.
A hospital spokesman said the circumstances were exceptional, in an extremely busy period, and no-one waited more than four hours during the last four of the seven month period under scrutiny.
A further 75 of almost 5,000 patients admitted, via accident and emergency between June and December 1999, faced waiting between two and four hours.
A report to today's meeting of Burnley Health Trust board stated that the remaining admissions waited less than two hours for a bed.
The report also showed almost 87.2 per cent of outpatients were seen within 30 minutes of an appointment time between September and December -- 8 per cent fewer than the position between June and August.
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