Accident And Emergency Departments

Mrs. Laing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time for each accident and emergency department in Scotland in each year since 1996. [74513]

[holding answer 10 March 1999]: Centrally held information on waiting times in Accident and Emergency (A&E) Departments is derived from a series of week-long surveys of patients carried out in the 32 A&E Departments across Scotland.

NHS in Scotland: A&E Waiting Times: Time from arrival to completion of treatment by survey ¹ and type of patient
	June 1996 Survey
	Trolley cases		Walking wounded
Hospital	Median wait (minutes)	95th percentile ² (minutes)	Median wait (minutes)	95th percentile ² (minutes)
Crosshouse Hospital	45	154	63	162
The Ayr Hospital	81	197	97	212
Borders General Hospital	98	235	60	160
Vale of Leven District General Hospital	69	166	69	193
Inverclyde Royal Hospital	55	128	37	84
Royal Alexandra Hospital	69	171	59	148
Victoria Hospital	69	200	71	150
Queen Margaret Hospital	67	170	49	115
Glasgow Royal Infirmary	85	235	74	163
Stobhill Hospital	55	154	50	130
Victoria Infirmary Hospital	22	88	22	66
Southern General Hospital	71	158	50	179
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow	74	155	55	145
Glasgow Western Infirmary	85	185	95	215
Raigmore Hospital	67	174	35	111
Monklands District Hospital	100	222	73	175
Law Hospital	48	95	40	107
Hairmyres Hospital	50	101	39	110
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary	112	266	95	274
Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital	38	115	49	120
Dr. Gray's Hospital	85	219	49	129
Belfour	³—	³—	15	36
Royal Hospital for Sick Children	71	175	55	163
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh	93	225	89	227
St. John's at Howden, Livingston	66	154	62	167
Dundee Royal Infirmary	74	182	48	130
Perth Royal Infirmary	72	155	68	194
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary	65	140	45	113
Stirling Royal Infirmary	70	180	70	161
Western Isles Hospital	50	210	30	135
Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary	71	141	35	116
Gilbert Bain Memorial Hospital	³—	³—	27	105

NHS in Scotland: A&E Waiting Times: Time from arrival to completion of treatment by survey ¹ and type of patient
	March 1997 Survey
	Trolley cases		Walking wounded
Hospital	Median wait (minutes)	95th percentile ² (minutes)	Median wait (minutes)	95th percentile ² (minutes)
Crosshouse Hospital	32	150	49	132
The Ayr Hospital	71	162	64	139
Borders General Hospital	75	183	50	144
Vale of Leven District General Hospital	67	170	45	144
Inverclyde Royal Hospital	66	167	46	132
Royal Alexandra Hospital	90	204	84	199
Victoria Hospital	75	195	83	168
Queen Margaret Hospital	67	190	43	135
Glasgow Royal Infirmary	110	239	92	223
Stobhill Hospital	60	160	46	120
Victoria Infirmary Hospital	38	107	29	86
Southern General Hospital	72	146	45	119
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow	28	92	37	117
Glasgow Western Infirmary	85	210	82	175

Data at the level of detail requested are not held centrally. Information on the median and the time which 95 per cent. of patients waited from arrival at A&E to completion of treatment, since 1996, is provided in the table. Information on the Accident and Emergency Surveys is published annually in Scottish Health Statistics, copies of which have been placed in the Library.

NHS in Scotland: A&E Waiting Times: Time from arrival to completion of treatment by survey ¹ and type of patient
	March 1997 Survey
	Trolley cases		Walking wounded
Hospital	Median wait (minutes)	95th percentile ² (minutes)	Median wait (minutes)	95th percentile ² (minutes)
Raigmore Hospital	88	217	41	120
Monklands District Hospital	94	239	77	204
Law Hospital	66	155	46	137
Hairmyres Hospital	75	184	48	130
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary	121	287	98	212
Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital	40	111	38	101
Dr. Gray's Hospital	85	197	45	120
Belfour	⁴—	⁴—	21	65
Royal Hospital for Sick Children	80	159	58	149
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh	112	283	118	274
St. John's at Howden, Livingston	67	195	58	174
Dundee Royal Infirmary	84	210	45	115
Perth Royal Infirmary	65	138	43	136
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary	75	205	70	170
Stirling Royal Infirmary	59	153	70	171
Western Isles Hospital	80	120	39	97
Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary	62	197	35	106
Gilbert Bain Memorial Hospital	³—	³—	35	130

NHS in Scotland: A&E Waiting Times: Time from arrival to completion of treatment by survey ¹ and type of patient
	November/December 1997 Survey
	Trolley cases		Walking wounded
Hospital	Median wait (minutes)	95th percentile ² (minutes)	Median wait (minutes)	95th percentile ² (minutes)
Crosshouse Hospital	41	129	51	150
The Ayr Hospital	63	138	52	139
Borders General Hospital	90	219	53	171
Vale of Leven District General Hospital	84	179	47	161
Inverclyde Royal Hospital	80	189	57	136
Royal Alexandra Hospital	79	206	60	159
Victoria Hospital	83	194	81	182
Queen Margaret Hospital	90	193	47	121
Glasgow Royal Infirmary	71	183	46	131
Stobhill Hospital	50	155	50	120
Victoria Infirmary Hospital	33	91	22	84
Southern General Hospital	72	161	62	158
Glasgow Western Infirmary	86	214	84	203
Raigmore Hospital	60	149	33	107
Monklands District Hospital	76	195	66	174
Law Hospital	55	160	44	108
Hairmyres Hospital	75	223	60	137
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary	111	236	84	193
Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital	³—	³—	39	95
Dr. Gray's Hospital	80	184	45	126
Belfour	⁴—	⁴—	34	⁴—
Royal Hospital for Sick Children	86	197	50	163
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh	97	265	71	242
St. John's at Howden, Livingston	69	193	51	163
Dundee Royal Infirmary	96	222	57	135
Perth Royal Infirmary	62	207	47	150
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary	75	196	40	110
Stirling Royal Infirmary	60	160	45	115
Western Isles Hospital	65	140	35	130
Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary	60	168	34	103
Gilbert Bain Memorial Hospital	³—	³—	35	100
¹ Figures based on week-long surveys in A&E Departments
² Time in which 95% of all patients treatment was completed
³ Not shown—number of cases less than or equal to 10
⁴ Not applicable

Source:

ISD, Scotland

From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish parliament.

Volume 327: debated on Thursday 18 March 1999