§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of patients waited(a) over four hours, (b) between two and four hours and (c) under two hours in accident and emergency departments in (i) England and (ii) each NHS region in each quarter since the first quarter of 1996–97. [84970]
§ Mr. LammyThe Department collects data on total time in accident and emergency from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge. This information has been collected since August 2001 and the first full set of data was published in Quarter 2,2002–03. It is available on the Department's website at www.doh.gov.uk/hospitalactivity.
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NHS funded abortions by health authority 1997 of residence, England and 1998 Wales 1997–2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Avon 2,110 2,231 2,198 2,083 1,957 Barking and Havering 871 1,115 1,068 1,101 1,428 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 2,736 3,369 3,329 3,303 3,185 Barnsley 334 455 421 426 364 Bedfordshire 1,476 1,467 1,538 1,481 1,538 Berkshire 1,440 1,429 1,548 1,641 1,885 Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 1,979 2,078 2,093 2,123 2,465 Birmingham 2,811 2,824 2,903 3,348 3,426 Bradford 1,035 1,046 1,016 1,013 1,054 Brent and Harrow 2,723 2,781 2,734 2,804 2,859 Buckinghamshire 1,378 1,486 1,482 1,538 1,644 Bury and Rochdale 718 694 621 784 761 Calderdale and Kirklees 1,272 1,295 1,260 1,288 1,180 Cambridge and Huntingdon1 1,008 988 — — — Cambridgeshire1 — — 1,509 1,495 1,514 Camden and Islington 2,189 2,343 2,151 2,162 2,129 In Quarter 2,2002–03,23 per cent. of patients waited over four hours in accident and emergency departments in England.
The Department does not collect information on between two and four hour and under two hour waits for total time in accident and emergency.