Speeches

Sadiq Khan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2016-01-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents of A&E departments diverting admissions to other hospitals there were in London in each year since 2010.

Alistair Burt

The information is not available in the format requested.

The following data includes incidences of accident and emergency departments diverting admissions to other hospitals in London during the period April 2012 to December 2015.

Total Hospital Redirects: April 2012- December 2015

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

April

19

32

18

9

May

10

6

6

12

June

9

16

10

6

July

6

17

8

9

August

7

4

10

7

September

10

19

13

21

October

6

25

17

21

November

24

5

8

39

December

21

13

42

29

January

36

16

17

February

22

22

16

March

31

13

14

Source: NHS England

Note:

NHS England was formed in 2012. Therefore data are not available prior to this period.