Accident and Emergency Departments (Hansard, 6 February 1995)

§ Mr. Keen
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many accident and emergency departments there are in the United Kingdom at present; and what was the corresponding figure in each year since 1986.

§ Mr. Milburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospitals have had accident and emergency facilities in each of the last five years.

§ Mr. Sackville
The information available is shown in the table. Since 1991–92 information has been collected on the basis of national health service trusts and directly managed units with accident and emergency facilities. Before that, information was collected on an individual hospital basis. Comparable information for earlier years is not therefore available.

Trusts¹ and directly managed units with Accident and Emergency departments² England

Year Number

1991–92 238

1992–93 226

1993–94 218

¹ A trust or a directly managed unit may consist of a number of hospitals each with its own A and E department.

² With medical staff on site and where the intention is to open 168 hours per week.

The provision of information about accident and emergency services in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are matters for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Wales and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
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Trusts¹ and directly managed units with Accident and Emergency departments² England
Year	Number
1991–92	238
1992–93	226
1993–94	218
¹ A trust or a directly managed unit may consist of a number of hospitals each with its own A and E department.
² With medical staff on site and where the intention is to open 168 hours per week.