§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for patients in accident and emergency departments in each of the hospitals in(a) the Havering, Barking and Redbridge national health service trust and (b) Romford in the last year for which figures are available. [137319]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation on the total time patients spend in accident and emergency departments from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge is collected each quarter from national health service trusts and is routinely published on the Department's website at http://www.doh.gov.uk/hospitalactivity.
Copies of the information for England and for each national health service trust and strategic health authority for the last year have been placed in the Library.
§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time in accident and emergency departments has been in each of the past 12 months, broken down by strategic health authority. [135417]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonInformation is not collected on the average waiting time in accident and emergency departments. Information on the total time patients spend in accident and emergency departments from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge is collected each quarter from national health service trusts and is routinely published on the Department of Health website at http://www.doh.gov.uk/hospitalactivity/. Copies of the information for England and for each national health service trust and strategic health authority have been placed in the Library.
§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients admitted to accident and emergency in Worthing hospital in(a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003 waited for more than (i) 12 and (ii) four hours before being treated or transferred to a ward.[134776]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonInformation on accident and emergency is not collected centrally at individual hospital level, or on the time patients wait for treatment. However, the table shows the number of patients who waited more than four hours for a bed in a ward following a decision to admit at Worthing and Southlands Hospitals National Health Service Trust. Information for patients waiting more than 12 hours is not available.
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Admission from accident and emergency departments, Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust Year/Quarter Number of patients admitted through A&E Patients not placed in bed in a ward within four hours of a decision to admit 2001–02 1 2,431 122 2 2,432 584 3 2,549 204 4 2,828 198 2002–03 1 2,809 140 2 2,854 228 3 3,196 256 4 3,052 275 2003–04 1 2,737 137 Source
Department of Health dataset QMAE/QMNG.