Epsom and St. Helier Hospitals

HC Deb 20 October 2003 vol 411 cc460-1W

Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the number of people admitted to Epsom and St. Helier hospitals via the accident and emergency departments in each of the past 24 months. [131636

Mr. Hutton

The table shows the total number of admissions to Epsom and St. Helier National Health Service Trust via its accident and emergency (A&E) department, in the latest 24 months for which figures are available.

RVR Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust—In-year admissions via Accident and Emergency Department by month of admission NHS hospitals 2000–01 and 2001–02
Month of admission	In-month admissions
2000
April	1,390
May	1,274
June	1,300
July	1,343
August	1,266
September	1,170
October	1,326
November	1,354
December	1,352
2001
January	1,417
February	1,228
March	1,140
April	1,419
May	1,469
June	1,441
July	1,446
August	1,355
September	1,372
October	1,446
November	1,499
December	1,502
2002
January	1,523
February	1,311
March	1,081

Notes:

1. Admissions are defined as the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.

2. Grossing—figures have not (yet) been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.

The table implies an increasing trend in admissions via A&E for this trust.