Jeremy Corbyn
Labour, Islington North
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on the number of patients using accident and emergency services in the London North Central District in each of the last five years.
Mike O'Brien
Minister of State (Health Services), Department of Health
Information is collected on first attendances in accident and emergency (A&E) departments. This excludes follow up visits for the same condition, but counts each attendance by the same patient for different conditions separately. The following table shows reported first attendances for north central London.
| First attendances at A and E departments, minor injury units and walk in centres, NHS organisations in London North Central District, 2004-05 - 2008-09 | ||||||
| First attendances | ||||||
| Org ID | Name | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| RVL | Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust | 137,251 | 146,758 | 148,436 | 145,965 | 150,072 |
| 5A9 | Barnet Primary Care Trust | 69,691 | 82,493 | 84,122 | 72,230 | 78,570 |
| 5C9 | Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust | - | - | - | - | 36,640 |
| RP6 | Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 33,052 | 45,202 | 52,684 | 58,671 | 64,487 |
| RAP | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust | 142,414 | 153,283 | 151,702 | 140,171 | 107,902 |
| RAL | Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust | 73,522 | 75,130 | 73,717 | 74,002 | 77,308 |
| RKE | The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust | 77,283 | 89,921 | 91,715 | 89,231 | 86,991 |
| RRV | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 76,910 | 82,109 | 91,429 | 94,962 | 93,558 |
| Total | 610,123 | 674,896 | 693,805 | 675,232 | 695,528 | |
| Source: Department of Health Quarterly Monitoring of A and E dataset | ||||||
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