Prior to quarter 1 (April to June) 2001-02, attendance data were collected only as a total figure for all types of accident and emergency (A and E) department (major departments, single specialty departments and minor injury and illness services, including minor injury units). A and E attendances split down into A and E type were first collected in quarter 1 (April to June) 2002-03. Therefore, it is not possible to provide Type 1 attendance figures prior to 2002-03.
The following tables show data on the number of attendances and the number of attendances per 100,000 head of population, at Type 1 A and E departments for strategic health authorities in England since 2002-03 to 2006-07.
Attendances Attendances per 100,000 population SHA name 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2002-03 2003-04 20040-05 2005-06 England 11,994,874 12,665,482 13,265,820 13,553,686 24,158 25,399 26,473 26,857 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire HA 389,855 417,568 444,667 448,799 17,758 18,808 19,836 19,787 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HA 337,644 358,192 388,508 399,056 20,939 22,100 23,899 24,369 Essex HA 324,991 367,679 396,113 405,789 20,002 22,505 24,100 24,485 North West London HA 622,819 649,680 712,502 750,612 34,660 36,128 39,447 41,021 North Central London HA 402,706 472,524 484,899 465,785 33,257 38,838 39,583 37,544 North East London HA 469,186 521,654 579,140 619,790 30,606 34,007 37,809 40,375 South East London HA 472,742 499,162 568,346 605,915 31,198 33,037 37,494 39,654 South West London HA 380,761 388,186 419,437 424,193 29,168 29,761 32,013 32,074 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear HA 345,136 382,487 395,566 377,803 24,746 27,441 28,412 27,067 County Durham and Tees Valley HA 280,953 316,367 333,263 337,807 24,511 27,567 28,981 29,276 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire HA 334,151 352,206 364,041 368,819 20,404 21,337 21,851 21,978 West Yorkshire HA 682,502 693,594 682,662 672,156 32,592 32,975 32,220 31,384 Cumbria and Lancashire HA 455,401 463,772 476,314 493,601 23,837 24,131 24,629 25,415 Greater Manchester HA 835,341 872,133 891,915 942,652 33,174 34,501 35,205 37,064 Cheshire and Merseyside HA 691,484 724,804 739,599 743,840 29,431 30,833 31,444 31,595 Thames Valley HA 388,628 411,055 441,969 441,598 18,459 19,433 20,802 20,600 Hampshire and Isle of Wight HA 284,580 280,685 292,302 303,593 15,905 15,606 16,191 16,688 Kent and Medway HA 348,210 364,667 381,477 337,381 21,904 22,783 23,651 20,764 Surrey and Sussex HA 591,294 585,689 619,186 642,238 23,074 22,767 23,978 24,732 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire HA 463,443 502,901 526,092 533,569 21,230 22,878 23,743 23,829 South West Peninsula HA 283,567 307,891 315,325 316,105 17,826 19,217 19,496 19,357 Dorset and Somerset HA 207,990 230,925 216,882 224,147 17,337 19,170 17,946 18,455 South Yorkshire HA 367,323 389,572 400,211 414,050 28,920 30,593 31,285 32,155 Trent HA 492,666 500,782 527,973 541,243 18,579 18,736 19,580 19,934 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland HA 231,337 239,112 257,124 268,756 14,736 15,121 16,122 16,669 Shropshire and Staffordshire HA 279,512 289,741 299,524 302,595 18,721 19,328 19,904 20,043 Birmingham and the Black Country HA 700,556 733,077 750,350 786,128 30,854 32,240 32,930 34,347 West Midlands South HA 330,096 349,377 360,433 385,666 21,553 22,704 23,356 24,847
SHA name Attendances Attendances per 100,000 population England 13,602,589 26,796 North East 721,903 28,247 North West 2,209,351 32,238 Yorkshire and the Humber 1,475,482 28,693 East Midlands 817,502 18,732 West Midlands 1,507,532 28,091 East of England 1,267,280 22,603 London 2,843,438 37,850 South East Coast 939,294 22,110 South Central 732,387 18,358 South West 1,088,420 21,241 Notes: In Ql 2006-07, data were collected from the 28 SHAs which existed at the time, this data has been mapped to the new configurations. Sources: Department of Health dataset QMAE Mid year population estimates for each year, 2001 Census Based: Office for National Statistics (ONS)