HC Deb 27 April 2004 vol 420 cc960-1W
Mrs. Brooke

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the latest average waiting time is for patients with minor injuries at Poole Hospital's Accident and Emergency Unit. [168822]

Ms Rosie Winterton

[holding answer 26 April 2004]: The average waiting; times for patients with minor injuries at Poole Hospital's accident and emergency department is not collected centrally.

However, the latest figures for Poole Hospitals national health service trust are shown in the table for the number of patients spending over four hours in accident and emergency. These include all patients, and not just those with minor injuries.

Total time spent in accident and emergency from arrival to

admission, transfer or discharge—Poole Hospitals NHS Trust,

2003–04, October to December (quarter 3)—all accident and

emergency/minor injury units/walk-in centres (type 1,2,3)
Quarter Total attendances Percentage of patients who

spent less than four hours in

accident and emergency
2003–04 3 12,470 90.6
Source:
Department of Health dataset QMAE. Published 11 March 2004.