The following table shows the number of attendances at major accident and emergency departments, single speciality accident and emergency (A and E) departments, other types of accident and emergency departments including minor injury and walk-in centres in each year since 2002.
Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Walk-in centres Total 2002-03 11,994,874 515,808 1,880,840 n/a 14,391,522 2003-04 12,665,482 606,573 1,862,949 1,381,841 16,516,845 2004-05 13,265,820 619,232 1,920,698 2,031,430 17,837,180 2005-06 13,553,686 648,732 2,046,789 2,509,957 18,759,164 2006-07 13,602,589 623,587 2,323,107 2,372,992 18,922,275 2007-08 13,393,554 656,496 2,400,742 2,677,201 19,127,993 Notes: 1. In the table, type 3 excludes walk-in centres. 2. From Q1 2002-03, A and E attendances by type were first collected. 3. From Q1 2003-04, attendances at A and E walk-in centres were included. 4. From Q1 2007-08, attendances at independent sector provided type 3 (and walk-in centre) services were included. Source: Department of Health dataset QMAE.