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A&E - Admissions from A&E
- Abstract
This data counts A & E admissions through type 1 (major) A & E departments. The data also shows the waiting times for emergency hospital admissions. Emergency hospital admissions are measured from the time a decision is made to admit the patient, to the time the patient is given a bed on a ward.
- Main Topics/Subject Category
- Number of patients admitted through major (type 1) A&E, waiting time for patients to be placed in a bed.
- Variables
Admission through major Accident & Emergency departments, NHS organisations in England (number of patients admitted through major (type 1) A&E, number and percentage of patients placed in bed in a ward within 2 hours of a decision to admit, number and percentage of patients placed in bed in a ward within 2 to 4 hours of a decision to admit, number and percentage of patients not placed in bed in a ward within 4 hours of a decision to admit)
- Keywords
- Waiting times, accident and emergency, admissions, beds, NHS, counts
- Identifier Variables
- SHA, PCT, NHS trust, NHS foundation trust
- Economic/Subject Categories
- Activity
- Area of Health System
- Secondary care
- Data Available
- Demographic
- Data collecting organization (s)
- Department of Health
- Data Type
- Administrative
- National/Regional
- National
- Coverage (date of field work)
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Unit of Analysis
- Aggregate
- Sample
All A&E admissions
- Availability
- Department of Health
- Conditions of Access
- Free access
- Link
- http://www.dh.gov.uk/[…]/DH_079092
- Contact
- unify2@dh.gsi.gov.uk
