Accident and Emergency Departments: North West

(asked on 13th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2017 to Question 58828, what information his Department holds on (a) the number of people who had to wait in corridors and other locations prior to being admitted to and (b) waiting times to be seen at accident and emergency units at (i) Royal Preston Hospital, (ii) Royal Blackburn Hospital, (iii) Royal Lancaster Infirmary and (iv) Blackpool Victoria Hospital on each day from 23 December 2016 to 2 January 2017.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 24th January 2017

Pursuant to the answer of 11 January 2017 to Question 58828, the Department does not hold the information requested.

NHS England publishes Winter Daily Situation Reports from acute trusts during winter to indicate where there are any winter pressures on the service around the country such as accident and emergency closures and diverts. The latest data is for week-ending 8 January 2017 and is available at the following address:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/winter-daily-sitreps/winter-daily-sitrep-2016-17-data/

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