HC Deb 14 May 2002 vol 385 c616W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of patients waited less than four hours in accident and emergency from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge in the last year; [47836]

(2) pursuant to his answer of 25 February 2002, Official Report, column 966W, if he will publish the waiting times in A and E since August 2001. [48286]

Ms Blears

Management information shows about 77 per cent. of all patients in England spent less than four hours in accident and emergency from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge between September 2001 and March 2002. This information is unvalidated. September is the first month for which full information is available.

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