HC Deb 22 February 1994 vol 238 cc212-3W
Sir Michael Neubert

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current ratio of accident and emergency units to district general hospitals in Greater London; and what the ratio was in 1979.

Mr. Sackville

The information available centrally is shown in the table. From 1991–92 the accident and emergency services have been recorded by provider units which may provide accident and emergency services on more than one site within the unit. Information for earlier years is not therefore comparable.

InnerLondon OuterLondon Total
Number of hospitals providing A and E services
1988–89 27 31 58
1989–90 27 31 58
1990–91 29 31 60
Number of NHS provider unitsproviding A and E services
1991–92 18 25 43
1992–93 18 16 36

Source: KHO3 return.