§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many admissions to Accident and Emergency departments there were in each of the past 12 quarters, broken down by hospital.[133750]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonQuarterly activity statistics for accident and emergency departments are available from April 2001 for each national health service trust on the Department of Health website at http://www.doh.gov.uk/hospitalactivity/. A copy of this information is also available in the Library. Information is not collected by individual hospital site.
§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health on what dates since 1 October 2002 changes were made to the criteria used by the NHS in collecting data about the four-hour accident and emergency waiting time target. [135419]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonSince October 2002 there has been one clarification to the criteria used by the national health service in collecting total time data. In addition monitoring has been extended beyond major accident and emergency (A&E) units to include all A&E and minor injuries units (MIU) services during this period.
A clarification took effect from January 2003. This provided a definition of an inpatient ward type 2 and 3 A&Es (specialist A&Es, MIU and walk in centres) were included in total time monitoring on a voluntary basis from the same month. Monitoring of total time in type 2 and 3 A&Es became mandatory from April 2003.
1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Frontline ambulances in fleet (including spares) 109 109 109 112 112 112 Patient Transport Service vehicles in fleet (including spare) 172 172 178 178 178 178 Solo Rapid Response Cars in fleet (including spare) 0 0 12 13 13 18 Motorcycles 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cycles 0 0 0 0 0 0 Special Baby Care Unit 0 0 0 0 0 0 Source
Mersey Regional Ambulance Service NHS Trust.