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Activity in English national health service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector Age group 24 hour arrival 16 and under 17-64 65+ Not known Total 43,872 104,870 27,298 12 00:00 1,080 2,854 523 — 01:00 741 2,484 444 1 02:00 572 1,894 335 1 03:00 442 1,615 348 — 04:00 382 1,415 331 — 05:00 422 1,440 394 — 06:00 397 1,512 437 — 07:00 556 2,329 544 — 08:00 1,080 4,344 946 — 09:00 2,153 6,150 1,558 — 10:00 2,606 7,276 2,093 — 11:00 2,706 6,662 2,095 — 12:00 2,632 6,346 2,048 — 13:00 2,524 6,105 1,894 - 14:00 2,382 5,939 1,994 1 15:00 2,317 5,381 1,758 — 16:00 2,421 5,191 1,544 1 17:00 2,542 5,378 1,502 1 18:00 2,945 5,607 1,389 — 19:00 3,121 5,578 1,245 1 20:00 3,003 5,530 1,234 — 21:00 2,817 5,122 995 3 22:00 2,290 4,725 914 3 23:00 1,741 3,993 733 — Notes: 1. Total attendance An attendance is a record for every patient that attends an A and E department, including a major A and E department, single specialty A and E departments, walk-in centres and minor injuries units. Any one patient can have multiple attendances, which may be in the same or different time period, for the same or different condition. An attendance can be split into whether the attendance was either a new or a follow-up attendance, using the ‘Attendance Category’ data field. 2. A and E data quality Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are compiled from data sent by a number of NHS providers across England. The NHS Information centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seek to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. A and E HES data are available for the year 2007-08, which covers attendances reported between April 2007 and March 2008. The A and E HES data for 2007-08 are the first record level national A and E attendance data to be available within HES. The current coverage and quality of A and E data in HES is poor and for this reason the dataset has been labelled as ‘experimental’. Allowing access to this data will also help stimulate discussion and encourage trusts to improve quality for subsequent releases. The 2007-08 A and E HES publication addresses some of the key data quality and coverage issues. This report is available on HESonline: www.hesonline.nhs.uk Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care