There are three measures of waiting times in the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre Hospital Episode Statistics for accident and emergency. These show time to assessment; time to treatment; and time to departure. The information requested <?notus-xml column=822?> is shown for the 10 strategic health authorities and for England for 2011-12 in the following tables. Information for 2012-13 is not yet available. Waiting times for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are a matter for the devolved Administrations. Table1: Mean and median duration toassessment1 for accident and emergencydepartments (all types) in minutes by strategic health authority andmonth. England: April 2011 to March2012 NorthEast NorthWest Yorkshireand theHumber EastMidlands WestMidlands EastofEngland Period Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median April2011 26.7 10 23.0 8 52.6 9 17.1 11 13.6 4 34.9 4 May2011 25.2 9 21.3 7 50.8 9 17.7 10 12.8 4 28.2 4 June2011 21.0 7 22.2 8 49.6 9 17.6 10 13.4 4 26.3 4 July2011 21.5 7 18.7 7 45.7 8 17.5 10 12.9 4 28.8 6 August2011 22.6 8 20.3 7 46.0 8 16.6 9 12.0 4 27.6 6 September2011 24.6 8 19.5 7 47.9 8 16.6 9 12.5 4 18.5 5 October2011 25.5 8 20.0 7 44.9 8 17.9 9 13.1 4 20.1 5 November2011 28.1 9 19.3 7 41.2 8 18.9 9 11.4 3 17.1 5 December2011 26.9 9 18.4 6 37.4 7 17.4 8 11.6 3 16.2 5 January2012 26.9 9 22.0 6 38.3 8 17.3 8 11.2 3 17.6 4 February2012 31.5 10 19.2 7 39.9 8 16.2 9 11.3 3 18.3 4 March2012 33.6 10 19.6 7 41.2 9 16.4 10 11.3 3 19.4 4 London SouthEastCoast SouthCentral SouthWest England Period Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median April2011 52.1 13 43.1 16 75.8 11 57.8 9 39.3 9 May2011 74.2 13 37.9 15 62.1 10 68.0 9 42.5 9 June2011 44.1 12 34.2 14 41.1 9 66.4 9 34.5 9 July2011 45.9 12 33.2 13 43.8 9 68.8 9 34.5 8 August2011 41.6 10 30.9 12 47.1 8 67.9 8 33.8 8 September2011 35.5 11 33.1 13 46.2 9 67.2 8 32.0 8 October2011 33.6 11 31.1 12 48.9 9 57.8 8 30.8 8 November2011 31.5 12 28.7 12 52.2 8 52.4 7 29.2 8 December2011 30.2 11 27.6 12 55.8 11 54.3 8 28.4 8 January2012 30.7 12 26.1 11 56.3 11 56.1 8 29.3 8 February2012 32.8 13 27.6 12 59.7 11 61.1 10 30.5 9 March2012 32.6 13 29.7 12 64.0 13 63.2 11 31.6 9 1Duration to assessment: This is the total amount of time inminutes between the patients’ arrival and their initialassessment in the accident and emergency (A&E) department. This iscalculated as the difference in time from arrival at A&E to thetime when the patient is initiallyassessed. Table2: Mean and median duration totreatment1 for accident and emergencydepartments (all types) in minutes by strategic health authority andmonth. England: April 2011 to March2012 NorthEast NorthWest Yorkshireand theHumber EastMidlands WestMidlands EastofEngland Period Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median April2011 51.0 28 71.0 53 68.4 53 68.5 56 75.9 58 86.7 67 May2011 51.4 27 66.4 48 67.9 53 65.4 54 75.0 57 87.3 69 June2011 49.4 27 66.6 48 66.1 53 65.5 54 76.6 58 80.0 64 July2011 48.1 25 65.8 48 65.3 52 60.4 47 72.9 55 75.2 60 August2011 46.3 23 63.3 45 60.8 46 58.2 45 66.4 48 71.8 56 September2011 48.2 26 65.5 49 67.9 53 60.8 48 70.5 54 75.2 60 October2011 51.3 26 67.3 50 68.7 54 62.9 50 72.3 56 73.9 59 November2011 52.0 29 66.0 50 65.4 51 58.5 46 66.2 49 70.1 56 December2011 50.2 30 65.1 48 66.8 51 60.8 46 63.4 46 70.3 56 January2012 46.8 28 68.2 48 65.1 50 60.8 47 62.5 45 69.3 55 February2012 49.5 31 67.5 52 71.0 57 65.5 52 67.2 49 72.9 58 March2012 53.2 36 67.0 52 71.1 58 66.6 55 65.5 50 73.0 59 London SouthEastCoast SouthCentral SouthWest England Period Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median April2011 96.0 70 81.9 64 75.4 49 94.2 46 79.3 56 May2011 92.8 68 80.1 63 75.7 48 102.8 46 78.4 55 June2011 92.4 68 76.2 58 74.2 46 101.8 46 77.1 54 July2011 91.0 62 72.6 56 70.9 43 102.7 46 75.3 51 August2011 84.2 54 69.0 51 69.8 38 99.6 41 71.3 46 September2011 89.0 64 72.5 56 75.4 46 97.8 43 74.5 52 October2011 91.0 66 71.8 54 79.8 47 97.9 44 76.0 53 November2011 84.3 63 71.0 54 78.6 45 95.6 41 72.7 51 December2011 84.1 60 70.0 52 88.1 45 102.2 41 73.4 49 January2012 83.3 62 69.2 51 80.3 43 101.2 43 72.6 49 February2012 89.6 67 71.1 52 86.1 48 105.1 46 76.5 54 March2012 88.1 68 73.9 57 87.8 50 108.0 50 76.9 55 1Duration to treatment: This is the total amount of time in minutesbetween the patients’ arrival and the start of their treatment.This is calculated as the difference in time from arrival at A&E tothe time when the patient begantreatment. Table3: Mean and median duration todeparture1 for accident and emergencydepartments (all types) in minutes by strategic health authority andmonth. England: April 2011 to March2012 NorthEast NorthWest Yorkshireand theHumber EastMidlands WestMidlands EastofEngland Period Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median April2011 106.0 86 139.4 125 134.2 123 135.4 126 130.9 116 143.5 138 May2011 105.7 85 135.6 119 132.3 121 134.4 124 129.2 114 142.3 137 June2011 101.9 83 137.0 120 132.5 122 134.7 126 131.5 117 141.6 136 July2011 98.4 79 133.5 120 130.0 120 129.3 119 124.2 111 138.4 132 August2011 99.6 77 129.7 115 126.0 114 131.7 119 123.4 108 139.5 131 September2011 99.6 79 132.8 119 132.7 123 132.5 119 131.9 117 143.9 138 October2011 99.9 79 134.3 121 134.9 125 132.1 119 134.2 118 145.1 137 November2011 99.8 78 134.6 122 132.4 122 128.4 115 135.2 118 145.1 137 December2011 104.1 80 137.9 125 136.0 127 134.9 122 138.2 120 149.0 141 January2012 101.4 79 137.3 123 135.5 125 136.2 120 140.9 121 151.5 140 February2012 106.0 83 141.9 128 142.7 132 140.8 126 146.4 125 154.4 145 March2012 104.9 85 134.9 124 136.4 129 137.6 126 137.0 121 146.7 141 London SouthEastCoast SouthCentral SouthWest England Period Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median April2011 145.8 141 167.2 149 148.0 133 123.4 108 138.1 126 May2011 144.0 138 165.8 147 144.0 130 120.3 104 136.1 124 June2011 145.4 140 165.7 145 144.1 129 122.0 107 136.6 124 July2011 143.2 135 160.6 141 136.9 122 119.7 105 132.8 120 August2011 142.3 130 158.4 140 137.2 118 117.7 101 131.4 117 September2011 147.2 142 166.0 146 148.3 129 121.1 106 136.4 124 October2011 149.1 142 171.8 147 152.7 132 121.5 106 138.3 125 November2011 148.1 141 166.4 147 153.3 133 119.9 105 137.5 124 December2011 150.5 140 170.1 150 163.7 144 125.1 106 141.4 127 January2012 152.3 140 171.4 148 163.3 140 123.5 105 142.0 126 February2012 157.6 146 179.1 154 171.4 148 130.0 112 147.4 131 March2012 150.5 145 170.5 152 156.7 139 126.9 111 140.6 129 1Duration to departure: This is total amount of time spent inminutes in an A&E department. This is calculated as the differencein time from arrival at A&E to the time when the patient isdischarged from A&E care. This includes being admitted to hospital,dying in the department, discharged with no follow up or discharged andreferred to another specialistdepartment. Notes: 1.Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activityin the independentsector. 2.This data indicates the SHA area within which the organisationproviding treatment waslocated. Source: HospitalEpisode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care InformationCentre.