National health service trusts in England self-report the number of accident and emergency (A&E) services they provide against definitions provided by the Department on a quarterly basis. This includes type 3 services, which are A&E services providing minor injury and illness services and include walk-in centres and minor injury units.
It is possible to provide numbers of type 3 services excluding walk-in centres. However, the remaining type 3 services may provide a range of minor injury and illness services, not simply a count of minor injury units.
Latest information shows that, for the quarter ending in June 2008, NHS trusts self-reported 214 type 3 A&E services, excluding walk-in centres. For 2006-07 the figure was 220.
Notes:
1. From Q1 2007-08, for the first time, data includes information from appropriate independent sector providers that provide services only to NHS patients.
2. The figure for 2006-07 was the position at end March 2007 (quarter four 2006-07).