§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of casualty departments by region. [12632]
§ Mr. HoramThe latest available figures are shown in the table. Information is collected on the basis of trusts and directly managed units with accident and emergency services. Some trusts include more than one hospital each with its own accident and emergency department.
Trusts and directly managed units with accident and emergency departments by region in England 1994–95 Number Northern 11 Yorkshire 16 Trent 19 East Anglian 11 North-west Thames 13 North-east Thames 18 South-east Thames 18 South-west Thames 14 Wessex 12 Oxford 9 South Western 15 West Midlands 27 Mersey 12 North Western 21 Total 216 Source:
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