Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of visits to Watford hospital accident and emergency department resulted in admission to hospital in each year from 2010.
The proportion of patients who attended Watford General Hospital accident and emergency (A&E) department and were admitted is not held centrally. Data are reported at a trust level rather than by hospital.
The number and proportion of attendances at accident and emergency departments in West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust that resulted in a patient being admitted to hospital is given in the table below.
A&E Attendances and Admissions via A&E for West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Year | Attendances at accident and emergency departments | Admissions to hospital via accident and emergency | Proportion of attendances that went on to be admitted to hospital |
2010 | 119,346 | 17,475 | 14.6% |
2011 | 122,222 | 19,167 | 15.7% |
2012 | 131,011 | 23,844 | 18.2% |
2013 | 129,238 | 26,990 | 20.9% |
2014 | 135,416 | 29,757 | 22.0% |
2015 | 136,277 | 30,788 | 22.6% |
2016 | 141,401 | 33,078 | 23.4% |
2017 to May | 56,798 | 13,124 | 23.1% |
Sources: 2010 data is from the Quarterly Monitoring of Accident and Emergency collection.
1 November 2010 to 30 June 2015 data is from the A&E Attendance and Emergency Admissions Weekly Sitrep collection.
From 1 July 2015 data comes from the A&E Attendance and Emergency Admissions Monthly Sitrep collection.