Lord Lucasasked Her Majesty's Government:
What has been the number of total attendances at accident and emergency each year since 1970.
§ Baroness Jay of PaddingtonThe information is shown in the following table.
Table: Total number of attendances at Accident and Emergency in NHS hospitals (000's) Year England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Yearly total 1970 13,322 997 761 - 15,080 1971 13,130 1,062 756 - 14,948 1972 13,047 1,169 745 - 14,961 1973 13,356 1,229 768 - 15,353 1974 12,291 1,184 747 - 14,222 1975 12,792 1,175 755 - 14,722 1976 13,077 1,181 796 - 15,054 1977 13,123 1,238 793 - 15,154 1978 13,360 1,232 808 - 15,400 1979 13,219 1,249 799 - 15,267 1980 13,053 1,246 798 - 15,097 1981 13,308 1,239 815 597 15,959 1982 13,482 1,284 858 - 15,624 1983 13,603 1,253 887 656 16,399 1984 13,769 1,279 905 687 16,640 1985 13,804 1,304 872 687 16,667 1986 13,776 1,304 864 669 16,613 1987–88 13,904 1,910 887 686 17,387 1988–89 13,821 1,323 891 676 16,711 1989–90 13,935 1,372 954 672 16,933 1990–91 13,717 1,431 924 653 16,725 1991–92 13,305 1,423 935 641 16,304 1992–93 13,070 1,407 929 628 16,034 1993–94 13,289 1,406 948 617 16,260 1994–95 13,812 1,425 961 640 16,838 1995–96 14.234 1,468 996 673 17,371 Notes:
England:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1987–88.
Scotland:
Figures for 1971 are estimates based on data for 8 months ending 31 March 1971.
Wales:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1983–84.
Northern Ireland:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1988–89.
Complete information is not available for 1982 due to an industrial dispute.
Information before 1981, if available, can only be provided at disproportionate cost.