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Publication, Part of

Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England, November 2024, by provider

Official statistics, Experimental statistics

Publication Date:
9 Jan 2025
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Hospital Trusts, NHS Trusts, Independent Sector Health Care Providers
Date Range:
01 Nov 2022 to 30 Nov 2024
Page contents

Summary

Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England, November 2024, by provider

The measures included in this publication report on data coverage in ECDS compared with the emergency monthly situation reports MSitAE published by NHS England and NHS Improvement. They also report statistics for total time in A&E, time to assessment, time to treatment, A&E attendances that left before treatment and unplanned reattendances within 7 days. Each report contains national figures and provider level figures.

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Key Facts

2.13 million A&E attendances for November 2024 at all types of A&E

in ECDS however, ECDS data are incomplete; around 2.20 million A&E attendances were reported in the NHS Situation Report data collection for the month

9 minutes was the median average time to initial assessment

for attendances brought to A&E by ambulance, with 95 per cent of patients being assessed within 1 hour 20 minutes. For all patients receiving treatment, the median average time to treatment was 1 hour 10 minutes with 95 per cent of patients receiving treatment within 5 hours 52 minutes.

2 hours 59 minutes was the median average total time in A&E for all patients

with 95 per cent of patients departing A&E within 15 hours 37 minutes of arrival.

5.1 per cent left A&E before being seen for treatment

and 9.2 per cent of attendances in A&E were unplanned re-attendances within 7 days of a previous attendance.

Last edited: 7 January 2025 3:11 pm