Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Accident and Emergency Departments
(asked on 19th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of patients at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust were treated in A&E within one hour of their arrival at that hospital in the most recent quarter for which data is available.
The count and proportion of unplanned accident and emergency (A&E) attendances at Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with a treatment duration of up to and including one hour is shown in the table below. Also shown is the count and proportion of unplanned A&E attendances at the trust with a duration to the conclusion of treatment of up to and including one hour. The data for both of these counts is for the period 1 July 2017 and 30 September 2017 and is provisional.
| Attendances | Percentages |
Duration to treatment (up to and including one hour) | 9,390 | 39.6% |
Duration to conclusion of treatment or attendance (up to and including one hour) | 2,877 | 12.1% |
Total A&E attendances | 23,695 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital