Accident and Emergency Departments: Admissions
(asked on 17th February 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the number of A&E admissions for respiratory conditions in each month of financial year (a) 2015-16, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2011-12.
The following table shows the number of attendances at accident and emergency (A&E) departments with a primary diagnosis of respiratory conditions in each month for the years between 2011-12 and 2015-16.
Count of the number of A&E attendances with a primary diagnosis of respiratory conditions, for each of the years between 2011-12 and 2015-16. |
| 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
April | 37,546 | 43,051 | 46,535 | 47,303 | 48,869 |
May | 33,758 | 43,899 | 42,281 | 46,452 | 45,873 |
June | 31,019 | 41,083 | 36,435 | 40,211 | 40,971 |
July | 31,026 | 45,978 | 35,884 | 37,353 | 40,622 |
August | 28,476 | 32,444 | 29,760 | 32,824 | 37,342 |
September | 33,524 | 40,523 | 41,191 | 40,228 | 49,217 |
October | 42,256 | 48,595 | 47,695 | 47,952 | 59,696 |
November | 47,571 | 53,660 | 52,254 | 58,368 | 66,932 |
December | 58,664 | 70,923 | 67,131 | 87,073 | 74,350 |
January | 49,206 | 55,213 | 51,542 | 60,793 | 71,509 |
February | 49,494 | 49,492 | 47,364 | 49,888 | 65,763 |
March | 48,286 | 54,158 | 50,249 | 54,256 | 74,935 |
Total | 490,826 | 579,019 | 548,321 | 602,701 | 676,079 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital
Notes:
- Note that the recording of the diagnosis field within the A&E data set is not mandatory. It is not known to what extent changes over time are as a result of improvements in recording practice.
- A&E diagnosis description 2 character level 25 = Respiratory conditions.
- HES figures are available from 2007-08 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage and changes in National Health Service practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care. Note that Hospital Episode Statistics include activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity occurring between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.