§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will publish a table showing for each region the percentage of patients entering accident and emergency departments who were seen and assessed for treatment within five minutes of their arrival in the last period for which figures are available;
(2) what proportion of patients in each English health region were seen within 30 minutes of their out-patient appointment in the last period for which figures are available.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information is shown in the table.
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Regional performance as at 31 December 1993 Immediate assessment in accident and emergency departments Percentage 30 minutes waiting time in outpatient clinics Percentage Northern 86 87 Yorkshire 83 77 Trent 88 77
Immediate assessment in accident and emergency departments Percentage 30 minutes waiting time in outpatient clinics Percentage East Anglian 90 80 North West Thames 80 73 North East Thames 80 79 South East Thames 82 74 South West Thames 82 80 Wessex 82 79 Oxford 79 77 South Western 72 77 West Midlands 86 87 Mersey 90 79 North Western 82 80