The Marquess of Lothian – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Marquess of Lothian on 2016-05-25.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the average number of people who visited a hospital Accident and Emergency department in the UK on (1) a weekday, or (2) a Saturday or Sunday, in 2015.

Lord Prior of Brampton

In 2014-15, there were an average of 52,883 attendances at accident and emergency per day on weekdays (Monday to Friday) and of 52,426 attendances per day at the weekend (Saturdays and Sundays).