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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/598883/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that the independent expert panel are currently reviewing the latest evidence of safety and efficacy for pro-nuclear transfer and maternal spindle transfer. The panel has not yet reached its conclusions. It is anticipated that the panel\u2019s report will be published by the end of the year.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether, and to what extent, the expert panel convened by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has concluded that a potentially viable pregnancy with normal karyotype can be achieved through pronuclear transfer based on the accompanying images of the relevant karyotypes in figures or other supporting data presented in <i>Reproductive BioMedicine Online<\/i> published in October.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/738", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/598889", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/598889/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) can confirm since June 2016, FSA officials have met for discussions with Port Health Authority officials from the following ports:<\/p><p> <\/p><p>- Belfast<\/p><p>- Felixstowe<\/p><p>- Southampton<\/p><p>- Gatwick<\/p><p>- Doncaster<\/p><p>- Heathrow<\/p><p> <\/p><p>An official from the FSA will provide a presentation on imports and exports policy at the Association of Port Health Authorities (APHA) annual general meeting on Wednesday 30th November 2016. At the meeting, APHA members will be encouraged to provide their thoughts and views on the future work of Port Health Authorities in the United Kingdom.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>A number of large UK ports are no longer members of APHA. These ports have formed another group which hold regular (quarterly) \u2018Major Ports Forum\u2019 meetings. The FSA, The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and The Animal and Plant Health Agency actively participate in all of these meetings.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Government will continue to collaborate with Port Health Authorities going forward to ensure impacts on Port Health Authorities are fully considered in any policy making decisions.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what are the most recent meetings they have had with the Association of Port Health Authorities.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2502", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Blood"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/598890/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government is considering the impacts of the decision to leave the European Union, including the impact on Port Health Authorities (PHAs). The Government recognises the significant contribution PHAs make to public and animal health protection and the United Kingdom is committed to ensuring any potential impacts to PHAs are well managed.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what assessment they have made of the impact that the UK withdrawing from the EU will have on Port Health Authorities.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2502", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Blood"}
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      ], "uin" : "HL2198"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/598891", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/598891/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Association of Port Health Authorities is currently self-funded by its Members. It is not anticipated that this will change following the United Kingdom\u2019s withdrawal from the European Union.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/127", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what assessment they have made of the current funding arrangements for the Association of Port Health Authorities.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2502", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Blood"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Blood"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/598898", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/598898/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Responsibility for commissioning public health services for children from 0-19 now lies with local authorities. This affords the opportunity to commission based on local need and recognises that local government is best placed to identify the needs of their populations and to influence many of the wider factors that affect health and wellbeing.<\/p><p>The Department launched <em>Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action<\/em> in August this year. The plan focuses on actions that are likely to have the biggest impact on reducing childhood obesity and maintaining a healthy weight. Physical activity is a key strand of the plan and, from September 2017, we will double the Primary Physical Education and Sport Premium funding to £320 million. A copy of the plan is attached.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/127", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton"}
        }
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          , "title" : "Childhood Obesity Plan"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-10-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Preventive Medicine: Children"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether they have any plans to increase funding for preventative measures to support under 16 year olds to stay healthy and prevent avoidable chronic disease in later life.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1850", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton"}
      }
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/599454", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/599454/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government\u2019s proposals for community pharmacy in 2016/17 and beyond, on which we have consulted, are being considered against the public sector equality duty, the family test and the relevant duties of my Rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health under the National Health Service Act 2006. Our assessment considers a range of potential impacts in respect to the adequate provision of NHS pharmaceutical services and access to NHS pharmaceutical services, including supplementary hours and 100 hours per week pharmacies. An impact assessment will be completed to inform final decisions and published in due course.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Our aim is to ensure that those community pharmacies upon which people depend continue to thrive. We are consulting on the introduction of a Pharmacy Access Scheme, which will provide more NHS funds to certain pharmacies compared with others, considering factors such as location and the health needs of the local population.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>An impact assessment will be completed to inform final decisions and published in due course.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Our aim is to ensure that those community pharmacies upon which people depend continue to thrive. We are consulting on the introduction of a Pharmacy Access Scheme, which will provide more NHS funds to certain pharmacies compared with others, considering factors such as location and the health needs of the local population.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4080", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for David Mowat"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposed changes in the level of community pharmacy funding on 100 hour pharmacies.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1439", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Norman Lamb"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Norman Lamb"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/599455", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/599455/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Information is not available in the format requested. Information showing the number of midwives from other European Union countries for specified National Health Service trusts as at 30 June 2016 is shown in the following table.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>Full-time equivalent<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust<\/p><\/td><td><p>-<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust<\/p><\/td><td><p>-<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust<\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust<\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust<\/p><\/td><td><p>3<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust<\/p><\/td><td><p>1<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><em>Source:<\/em> NHS Digital<\/p><p> <\/p><p><em>Notes:<\/em><\/p><ol><li>EU countries include the following countries; Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden, as per the link:<\/li><\/ol><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/eu-eea\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/eu-eea<\/a><\/p><ol start=\"2\"><li>The nationality field available within the Electronic Staff Record system upon which these figures are based, contains self-reported information from individual employees.<\/li><li>Nationally over 95,000 NHS staff records do not contain useful data with people choosing not to specify their nationality or not asked to.<\/li><li>In addition, as nationality is self-reported, the value entered by an individual may reflect their cultural heritage rather than their country of birth. As such, these figures should be treated with a significant degree of caution. Therefore these figures do not necessarily equate to migrants from other countries, and such data is not captured elsewhere in the workforce systems.<\/li><li>Full-time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number. \u2018-\u2018 denotes zero.<\/li><li>Following a public consultation in 2015, categorisation of trusts and staff groups has changed therefore restricting comparability with previous publications. Because of these changes, these statistics are classed as experimental. More details regarding these changes can be found in the outcomes of the consultation document available at the following link:<\/li><\/ol><p><a href=\"http://content.digital.nhs.uk/hchs\" target=\"_blank\">http://content.digital.nhs.uk/hchs<\/a><\/p><ol start=\"7\"><li>NHS Digital seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality. Where changes impact on figures already published, this is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses.<\/li><\/ol>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives from other EU countries work at hospitals in (a) Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust, (b) St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Services NHS Trust, (c) Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (d) Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, (e) Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust and (f) Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/481", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir George Howarth"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr George Howarth"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/599456/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government is committed to improving access to general practitioner (GP) services as part of our plan for a seven day National Health Service, and has invested £175 million in the GP Access Fund to test improved and innovative access to GP services. Across the two waves of the Access Fund there are 57 schemes covering over 2,500 practices and 18 million patients, testing a wide variety of approaches that will ensure a patient-friendly services. These include opening 8am-8pm on weekdays and weekends; better use of telecare and health apps; more innovative ways to access services by video call, email or telephone; and developing more integrated services with a single point of contact to co-ordinate patient services.<\/p><p>GPs are contractually required to provide essential services to meet the reasonable needs of their patients within core hours. Under the NHS constitution, patients have the right to express a preference for using a particular doctor within their GP practice, and for the practice to try to comply. The 2015-16 (July 2016) GP Patient Survey found that 91% of patients who had a GP they preferred to see them at least some of the time, and 92.1% of patients who got an appointment found it was convenient. If a patient believes they are not receiving this standard of care they have the right to complain; any complaint made must be acknowledged within three working days and be properly investigated.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that GP surgeries have the (a) resources and (b) training to provide a patient-friendly service, including appointments with a preferred GP in advance and at a time convenient to patients; and what rights patients have if GP surgeries do not meet such standards.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4124", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chi Onwurah"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/599457/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>NHS Digital, Hospital Episode Statistics measure accident and emergency waiting times from arrival to assessment, treatment and departure. A table showing the mean and median waiting times for the last six months is below for Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust, St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Services NHS Trust, Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust. Data for 2015-16 and 2016-17 is provisional and may be subject to in-year changes.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Mean and median duration in minutes to assessment<sup>1<\/sup>, treatment<sup>2<\/sup> and departure<sup>3<\/sup> for unplanned accident and emergency (A&amp;E) attendances<sup>4<\/sup> at specified providers for February to July 2016 (provisional data)<sup>5<\/sup><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"3\"><p>Provider Name<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"3\"><p>Period<\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><p>Duration to Assessment<sup>2<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><p>Duration to Treatment<sup>3<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><p>Duration to Departure<sup>4<\/sup><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Mean<sup>1<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>Median<sup>1<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>Mean<sup>1<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>Median<sup>1<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>Mean<sup>1<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>Median<sup>1<\/sup><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>(minutes)<\/p><\/td><td><p>(minutes)<\/p><\/td><td><p>(minutes)<\/p><\/td><td><p>(minutes)<\/p><\/td><td><p>(minutes)<\/p><\/td><td><p>(minutes)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"6\"><p>Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust<\/p><\/td><td><p>February 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>14<\/p><\/td><td><p>5<\/p><\/td><td><p>61<\/p><\/td><td><p>29<\/p><\/td><td><p>150<\/p><\/td><td><p>103<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>March 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>21<\/p><\/td><td><p>7<\/p><\/td><td><p>68<\/p><\/td><td><p>39<\/p><\/td><td><p>162<\/p><\/td><td><p>115<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>April 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>3<\/p><\/td><td><p>1<\/p><\/td><td><p>91<\/p><\/td><td><p>59<\/p><\/td><td><p>223<\/p><\/td><td><p>178<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>May 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>4<\/p><\/td><td><p>1<\/p><\/td><td><p>80<\/p><\/td><td><p>55<\/p><\/td><td><p>214<\/p><\/td><td><p>168<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>June 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>4<\/p><\/td><td><p>1<\/p><\/td><td><p>86<\/p><\/td><td><p>63<\/p><\/td><td><p>202<\/p><\/td><td><p>171<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>July 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>9<\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><td><p>106<\/p><\/td><td><p>87<\/p><\/td><td><p>203<\/p><\/td><td><p>176<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"6\"><p>St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust<\/p><\/td><td><p>February 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>30<\/p><\/td><td><p>19<\/p><\/td><td><p>77<\/p><\/td><td><p>60<\/p><\/td><td><p>188<\/p><\/td><td><p>129<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>March 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>31<\/p><\/td><td><p>21<\/p><\/td><td><p>87<\/p><\/td><td><p>71<\/p><\/td><td><p>194<\/p><\/td><td><p>136<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>April 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>35<\/p><\/td><td><p>18<\/p><\/td><td><p>77<\/p><\/td><td><p>57<\/p><\/td><td><p>160<\/p><\/td><td><p>120<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>May 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>30<\/p><\/td><td><p>21<\/p><\/td><td><p>83<\/p><\/td><td><p>66<\/p><\/td><td><p>169<\/p><\/td><td><p>137<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>June 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>34<\/p><\/td><td><p>21<\/p><\/td><td><p>83<\/p><\/td><td><p>59<\/p><\/td><td><p>182<\/p><\/td><td><p>133<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>July 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>33<\/p><\/td><td><p>21<\/p><\/td><td><p>73<\/p><\/td><td><p>55<\/p><\/td><td><p>182<\/p><\/td><td><p>127<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"6\"><p>Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust<\/p><\/td><td><p>February 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>15<\/p><\/td><td><p>11<\/p><\/td><td><p>68<\/p><\/td><td><p>54<\/p><\/td><td><p>161<\/p><\/td><td><p>120<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>March 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>15<\/p><\/td><td><p>12<\/p><\/td><td><p>72<\/p><\/td><td><p>56<\/p><\/td><td><p>166<\/p><\/td><td><p>122<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>April 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>12<\/p><\/td><td><p>9<\/p><\/td><td><p>59<\/p><\/td><td><p>42<\/p><\/td><td><p>144<\/p><\/td><td><p>104<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>May 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>18<\/p><\/td><td><p>9<\/p><\/td><td><p>66<\/p><\/td><td><p>43<\/p><\/td><td><p>154<\/p><\/td><td><p>106<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>June 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>14<\/p><\/td><td><p>10<\/p><\/td><td><p>64<\/p><\/td><td><p>44<\/p><\/td><td><p>145<\/p><\/td><td><p>100<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>July 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>15<\/p><\/td><td><p>11<\/p><\/td><td><p>68<\/p><\/td><td><p>46<\/p><\/td><td><p>151<\/p><\/td><td><p>104<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"6\"><p>Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust<\/p><\/td><td><p>February 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>29<\/p><\/td><td><p>19<\/p><\/td><td><p>98<\/p><\/td><td><p>89<\/p><\/td><td><p>228<\/p><\/td><td><p>193<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>March 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>33<\/p><\/td><td><p>23<\/p><\/td><td><p>106<\/p><\/td><td><p>96<\/p><\/td><td><p>231<\/p><\/td><td><p>197<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>April 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>21<\/p><\/td><td><p>15<\/p><\/td><td><p>91<\/p><\/td><td><p>84<\/p><\/td><td><p>206<\/p><\/td><td><p>187<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>May 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>25<\/p><\/td><td><p>17<\/p><\/td><td><p>99<\/p><\/td><td><p>91<\/p><\/td><td><p>212<\/p><\/td><td><p>184<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>June 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>22<\/p><\/td><td><p>16<\/p><\/td><td><p>92<\/p><\/td><td><p>82<\/p><\/td><td><p>188<\/p><\/td><td><p>173<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>July 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>26<\/p><\/td><td><p>19<\/p><\/td><td><p>83<\/p><\/td><td><p>78<\/p><\/td><td><p>192<\/p><\/td><td><p>170<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"6\"><p>Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust<\/p><\/td><td><p>February 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>11<\/p><\/td><td><p>3<\/p><\/td><td><p>88<\/p><\/td><td><p>66<\/p><\/td><td><p>157<\/p><\/td><td><p>112<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>March 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>12<\/p><\/td><td><p>4<\/p><\/td><td><p>92<\/p><\/td><td><p>71<\/p><\/td><td><p>162<\/p><\/td><td><p>118<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>April 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>7<\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><td><p>70<\/p><\/td><td><p>51<\/p><\/td><td><p>139<\/p><\/td><td><p>95<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>May 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>6<\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><td><p>67<\/p><\/td><td><p>47<\/p><\/td><td><p>135<\/p><\/td><td><p>91<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>June 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>7<\/p><\/td><td><p>4<\/p><\/td><td><p>64<\/p><\/td><td><p>45<\/p><\/td><td><p>127<\/p><\/td><td><p>88<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>July 2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>8<\/p><\/td><td><p>4<\/p><\/td><td><p>71<\/p><\/td><td><p>49<\/p><\/td><td><p>138<\/p><\/td><td><p>91<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><em>Source: <\/em>Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital<\/p><p> <\/p><p><em>Notes<\/em>:<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><sup>1 <\/sup>Mean and Median: The mean (average) and median (middle) in ranking when all values are sorted in order) duration in minutes to assessment, treatment or duration.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><sup>2<\/sup> Duration to assessment: This is the total amount of time in minutes between the patients\u2019 arrival and their initial assessment in the A&amp;E department. This is calculated as the difference in time from arrival at A&amp;E to the time when the patient is initially assessed.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><sup>3 <\/sup>Duration to treatment: This is the total amount of time in minutes between the patients\u2019 arrival and the start of their treatment. This is calculated as the difference in time from arrival at A&amp;E to the time when the patient began treatment.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><sup>4 <\/sup>Duration to departure: This is total amount of time spent in minutes in an A&amp;E department. This is calculated as the difference in time from arrival at A&amp;E to the time when the patient is discharged from A&amp;E care. This includes being admitted to hospital, dying in the department, discharged with no follow up or discharged and referred to another specialist department.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><sup>5 <\/sup>2015-16 and 2016-17 is provisional data and may be incomplete or contain errors for which no adjustments have yet been made.<\/p>"}
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