Information regarding maternity and paediatric hospital wards is not collected in the format requested. National health service trusts self-report the number of accident and emergency (AandE) services they provide against definitions provided by the Department for the three types of AandE on a quarterly basis. The information available for type 1 (major) AandE departments is provided in the following table.
Number of type 1 AandE departments 2001-02 196 2002-03 209 2003-04 208 2004-05 207 2005-06 203 2006-07 204 Notes: 1. QMAE data used for type 1 AandE departments for years 2002-03 to 2006-07. 2. KH03 data used for type 1 A&E departments for year 2001-02. 3. Position is at end March except for 2006-07 where position is at end December 2006. Source: QMAE and KH03
Prior to 2000-01, NHS trusts submitted written information on whether or not they provided AandE services. They did not submit a count of the number of services provided. The following table shows information for the number of trusts that said they were providing type 1 (major) AandE services for the period available.
Number of trusts reporting type 1 (major) AandE services 1996-97 205 1997-98 202 1998-99 194 1999-2000 186 2000-01 179 Note: Position is at end March. Source: Department of Health KH03 dataset