Watford Hospital

(asked on 20th July 2017) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 6th September 2017

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.

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