Figures for the numbers of accident and emergency (A and E) departments at the end of each of the financial years 2005-06, 2006-07 and the latest 2007-08 date (position as at end December 2007) have been provided. More historic data have not been provided as the information could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
SHA code SHA name Number of type one (major) A and E departments Number of type two (single specialty) A and E departments Number of type three A and E departments England 203 86 292 Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA 8 0 10 Q02 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA 6 0 4 Q03 Essex SHA 5 5 5 Q04 North West London SHA 9 1 6 Q05 North Central London SHA 6 1 4 Q06 North East London SHA 6 6 7 Q07 South East London SHA 6 2 3 Q08 South West London SHA 5 3 5 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA 7 2 13 Q10 County Durham and Tees Valley SHA 7 0 5 Q11 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA 6 0 15 Q12 West Yorkshire SHA 9 0 6 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire SHA 9 0 11 Q14 Greater Manchester SHA 13 4 14 Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside SHA 10 4 14 Q16 Thames Valley SHA 7 11 8 Q17 Hampshire and Isle of Wight SHA 5 2 9 Q18 Kent and Medway SHA 6 0 12 Q19 Surrey and Sussex SHA 10 28 18 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA 12 1 21 Q21 South West Peninsula SHA 6 1 38 Q22 Somerset and Dorset SHA 5 1 15 Q23 South Yorkshire SHA 6 2 3 Q24 Trent SHA 9 3 9 Q25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA 3 2 11 Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA 5 1 10 Q27 Birmingham and The Black Country SHA 10 2 3 Q28 West Midlands South SHA 7 4 13 Notes: 1. Figures given as type three A and E departments cover minor injury and illness services, including minor injury units and walk-in centres. 2. Figures given are the position at end March 2005-06. Source: Department of Health Dataset QMAE
SHA code SHA name Number of type one (major) A and E departments Number of type two (single specialty) A and E departments Number of type three A and E departments England 204 66 288 Q30 North East 14 2 18 Q31 North West 33 8 37 Q32 Yorkshire and the Humber 21 2 21 Q33 East Midlands 12 5 20 Q34 West Midlands 23 5 26 Q35 East of England 19 4 21 Q36 London 32 9 25 Q37 South East Coast 16 21 29 Q38 South Central 12 7 15 Q39 South West 22 3 76 Notes: 1. Figures given as type three A and E departments cover minor injury and illness services, including minor injury units and walk-in centres. 2. Figures given are the position at end March 2006-07. Source: Department of Health Dataset QMAE
SHA code SHA name Number of type one (major) A and E departments Number of type two (single specialty) A and E departments Number of type three A and E departments England 203 69 280 Q30 North East 14 2 17 Q31 North West 32 8 39 Q32 Yorkshire and the Humber 21 2 21 Q33 East Midlands 12 5 21 Q34 West Midlands 23 5 25 Q35 East of England 19 4 20 Q36 London 32 9 27 Q37 South East Coast 16 19 29 Q38 South Central 12 12 15 Q39 South West 22 3 66 Notes: 1. Figures given as type three A and E departments cover minor injury and illness services, including minor injury units and walk-in centres. 2. Figures given are the latest position (as at end December 2007). Source: Department of Health Dataset QMAE