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 percentage of visits to hospital Accident and Emergency departments during 2015 resulted in admission to hospital.

Lord Prior of Brampton

In 2015 there were 22,434,007 attendances at accident and emergency departments in England. For 18.2% of these attendances, the patient was admitted as an emergency.