Gynaecology: Accident and Emergency Departments

Department of Health written question – answered at on 27 October 2017.

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Photo of George Howarth George Howarth Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were admitted via accident and emergency departments with a primary diagnosis of a gynaecological condition in each month of financial year (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15, (f) 2015-16 and (g) 2016-17.

Photo of Philip Dunne Philip Dunne The Minister of State, Department of Health

A count of unplanned accident and emergency (A&E) attendances1 resulting in an admission2 and a primary diagnosis of gynaecological conditions3, for the financial years between 2010-11 and 2016-174 is provided in the table below. This is a count of hospital attendances resulting in admissions, not individual patients as the same person may have been admitted into a National Health Service hospital on more than one occasion.

Month

Year

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

April

3,009

3,146

3,529

3,379

3,961

3,726

3,851

May

3,102

3,581

3,517

3,591

4,115

3,960

3,985

June

3,052

3,321

3,480

3,442

3,818

4,127

3,982

July

3,099

3,366

3,500

3,663

3,880

4,161

4,036

August

2,988

3,305

3,545

3,678

3,848

4,214

4,006

September

2,851

3,460

3,128

3,422

3,910

4,071

4,181

October

2,853

3,566

3,563

3,813

4,010

4,076

4,067

November

2,890

3,447

3,383

3,658

3,889

4,150

3,676

December

2,479

3,380

3,296

3,847

3,517

3,813

3,736

January

2,884

3,618

3,626

4,362

3,646

4,070

3,900

February

2,690

3,227

3,337

3,837

3,197

3,750

3,583

March

3,135

3,557

3,594

4,186

3,534

3,997

4,008

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital

Notes:

1The following attendance category codes identify unplanned A&E attendances:

1 = First A&E attendance

3 = Follow-up A&E attendance - unplanned

9 = Not known

2Attendance disposal 01 = Admitted to hospital bed / become a lodged patient of the same health care provider.

3The recording of the diagnosis field within the A&E data set is not mandatory. It is not known to what extent changes over time are as a result of improvements in recording practice.

29 = Gynaecological conditions

4HES figures are available from 2007-08 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care. Note that HES include activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity occurring between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.

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