Speeches

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 2015-10-26.

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.

Lord Prior of Brampton

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