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Accident And Emergency Departments (North Thames Region)

Volume 298: debated on Tuesday 22 July 1997

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Mr. McDonnell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the average waiting times at accident and emergency departments for patient requiring admission at (a) Hillingdon, (b) Ealing, (c) Northwich Park and (d) West Middlesex hospitals. [9174]

Mr. Milburn

The Department collects information by health authority which shows the percentage of patients requiring hospital admission through accident and emergency who were admitted within two hours. This information for the quarter ending 31 March 1997 for health authorities in north-west London is set out in the following table:

Health authorityPatients admitted within 2 hours Percentage
Brent and Harrow HA184
Ealing, Hammersmith and Houslow HA250
Hillingdon HA384
1 Covers Northwick Park and St.Marks NHS trust
2 Covers Ealing Hospital NHS trust and West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust.
3 Covers Hillingdon Hospital NHS trust.
Action is being taken within the NHS to ensure that the needs of the emergency patient are met as effectively as possible.