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date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many type one A&E departments there were in (a) May 2010 and (b) the latest month for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	223798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Performance data for all type one accident and emergency (A&amp;E) departments is published weekly on the NHS England website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of type one A&amp;E departments is not held centrally. However, A&amp;E activity data is collected at provider organisation level from National Health Service trusts, NHS foundation trusts and independent sector organisations.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/02/2015 17:07:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

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registered interest
date	29/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to reduce excessive waiting times for accident and emergency patients.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government has given the National Health Service a record £700 million of additional support to ensure urgent and emergency care services are sustainable year-round and ready for the pressures of winter. Local plans to spend this money provide for nearly 8,800 extra staff and almost 6,500 extra beds. The Government is also acting to ease the pressure on accident and emergency (A&amp;E) departments, by supporting faster discharge from hospitals. We have given ring-fenced grant totalling £37 million to councils, to help prevent delayed discharges.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the longer term NHS England’s urgent and emergency care review is looking at ways to improve the system, including easing pressures on A&amp;E departments.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/02/2015 13:21:41 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick