Accident and Emergency Departments
(asked on 26th October 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many patients waited at least 12 hours in Accident and Emergency in 2014–5, and in each year since 2005.
The information is not collected in the format requested. Information on the number of patients waiting more than 12 hours from decision to admit to admission in accident and emergency (A&E) departments in 2011-12 to 2014-15 is shown in the table below. The first full year for which data is available is 2011-12 as data was not collected prior to August 2010.
Year | Number of patients spending more than 12 hours from decision to admit to admission in A&E departments |
2011-12 | 123 |
2012-13 | 170 |
2013-14 | 240 |
2014-15 | 1,239 |
Source: Annual A&E Activity and Emergency Admissions statistics, NHS and independent sector organisations in England