HC Deb 30 January 1996 vol 270 c718W
Ms Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of casualty departments by region. [12632]

Mr. Horam

The 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

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