§ Mr. Denis MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients received treatment in the accident and emergency departments of UK hospitals in each of the last five years. [21468]
§ Ms BlearsInformation on the number of patients receiving treatment in accident and emergency departments is not collected centrally. Quarterly figures for the number of accident and emergency attendances in England for each of the last five years are shown in the table
Quarter Year Accident and emergency first attendances Ql 1996–97 3,083,523 Q2 1996–97 3,210,720 Q3 1996–97 3,067,462 Q4 1996–97 2,954,319 Ql 1997–98 3,226,753 Q2 1997–98 3,294,802 Q3 1997–98 3,108,151 Q4 1997–98 3,036,088 Ql 1998–99 3,233,468 Q2 1998–99 3,339,658 Q3 1998–99 3,133,095 Q4 1998–99 3,071,753 Ql 1999–2000 3,281,133 Q2 1999–2000 3,391,828 Q3 1999–2000 3,216,036 Q4 1999–2000 3,140,760 Ql 2000–01 3,310,133 Q2 2000–01 3,320,537 Q3 2000–01 3,181,424 Q4 2000–01 3,072,924 Ql 2001–02 3,296,833 Q2 2001–02 3,340,808 Note:
Previous years figures have been adjusted to allow direct comparison with 2001–02 data.
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