Publication, Part of Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England

Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England, October 2022, by provider

Official statistics, Experimental statistics

Publication Date:: 8 Dec 2022
Geographic Coverage:: England
Geographical Granularity:: Hospital Trusts, NHS Trusts, Independent Sector Health Care Providers
Date Range:: 01 Apr 2022 to 31 Oct 2022

Announcement of changes to Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England

The proposed changes include improving the format of the publication files. The csv file will change to an open data format, the excel will be replaced by tables within the dashboard and csv and an improved metadata will support these changes. The measures referencing “longest wait” will be removed from the publication after concluding they provide poor insight and quantitative information for the users. Additionally, the publication will include data for a rolling time period rather than starting in April.

The first publication to be affected by this change will be the release on 9^th February, which will include data to December 2022.

The impact of the above changes on Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England is expected to be:

Outputs will meet open data standards and best practice
Improved user experience
Consistent documentation and metadata aligned with NHS Digital publications
Reduced number of measures

Information about how you use the publication, including the measures referring to “longest wait”, and feedback on the publication is welcomed and should be submitted using the Form here https://forms.office.com/e/FXXcn7YE9C

9 February 2023 09:30 AM

Summary

Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England, October 2022, by provider

Key Facts

Interactive A&E CQI Report

Users are able to review the data at England level or provider level in a more visual way, with added filters for data relating to the current financial year.

Click here to access the report

ECDS data contains 1.9 million A&E attendances for October 2022 at all types of A&E. However, ECDS data are incomplete; around 2.1 million A&E attendances were reported in the NHS England and NHS Improvement Situation Report data collection for the month, and 56 organisations that report data to Situation Reports did not report data to ECDS; these organisations are mostly lower acuity services such as minor injury units and walk-in centres

The median average time to initial assessment for attendances brought to A&E by ambulance was 10 minutes, with 95 per cent of patients being assessed within 1 hour 43 minutes. For all patients receiving treatment, the median average time to treatment was 1 hour 20 minutes with 95 per cent of patients receiving treatment within 6 hours 9 minutes.

The median average total time in A&E for all patients was 3 hours 19 minutes, with 95 per cent of patients departing A&E within 17 hours 2 minutes of arrival.

Nationally, 6 per cent of attendances at A&E departments were recorded as having left A&E before being seen for treatment, and 8 per cent of attendances in A&E in September 2022 were unplanned re-attendances within 7 days of a previous attendance.