How many attendances there were at accident and emergency units in NHS (a) Highland, (b) Orkney, (c) Shetland and (d) Western Isles in each…

The numbers of accident and emergency (A&E) new and unplanned return attendances from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2009 are presented in the following table.
A&E departments are classified as either core or non-core sites. Core sites include all A&E departments within large hospitals. Non-core sites include minor injury units, small hospitals with manual systems and health centres in rural areas that carry out A&E type activity. Data has been collected from core sites since 1 April 2006 and from non-core sites 1 July 2007.
Table1: A&E Attendances per Calendar Year, 2007 to 2009

| 2007
| 2008
| 2009

NHS Highland(a)
| 62,631
| 91,370
| 94,885

Core sites
| 35,638
| 35,685
| 36,251

Non-core sites
| 26,993(a)
| 55,685
| 58,634

NHS Orkney(b)
| 2,404
| 2,522
| 3,426

Core sites
| x
| x
| x

Non-core sites
| 2,404
| 2,522
| 3,426

NHS Shetland
| 8,880
| 8,802
| 8,875

Core sites
| 8,880
| 8,802
| 8,875

Non-core Sites
| x
| x
| x

NHS Western Isles(a)
| 8,676
|