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Written Question · S4W-08641 · Session 4

How many emergency arrivals were not admitted, discharged or transferred for at least eight hours in each (a) NHS board and (b) accident an…

Answered Asked by Margaret McCulloch Lab Lodged 10 Jul 2012

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how many emergency arrivals were not admitted, discharged or transferred for at least eight hours in each (a) NHS board and (b) accident and emergency unit in each year since 2007.

The answer

Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 8 Aug 2012 · 29 days after it was lodged, 1 day after it was due

Tables 1 and 2 represent the number of attendances (new and unplanned returns) that were not seen within eight hours by NHS board and by accident and emergency (A&E) site. Table 2 excludes any accident and emergency site where there were no attendances not seen within eight hours between 2008-09 and 2011-12. Information for 2007-08 is not included as a full year's worth of data is not available (the accident and emergency data mart was established in June 2007 to monitor compliance against waiting times targets).
Table 1
- Number of Attendances (New and Unplanned Returns) that Were Not Seen within Eight Hours by NHS Board; 2008-09 to 2011-12
NHS Board
Financial Year
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
NHS Ayrshire and Arran
39
58
97
136
NHS Borders
2
6
24
23
NHS Dumfries and Galloway
32
37
42
32
NHS Fife
275
160
747
1,588
Nhs Forth Valley
56
68
198
119
NHS Grampian
447
295
216
313
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
313
408
1,170
852
NHS Highland
12
21
35
42
NHS Lanarkshire
524
177
713
853
NHS Lothian
470
1,049
870
1,108
NHS Orkney
-
-
-
1
NHS Shetland
2
1
1
4
NHS Tayside
16
10
18
24
NHS Western Isles
2
-
-
2
Scotland
2,190
2,290
4,131
5,097
Source: A&E data mart, ISD Scotland.
Table 2
- Number of Attendances (New and Unplanned Returns) that Were Not Seen within Eight Hours by Accident and Emergency Site; 2008-09 to 2011-12
Accident and Emergency Site
Financial Year
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
362
171
159
244
Arbroath Infirmary
1
1
-
-
Balfour Hospital
-
-
-
1
Belford Hospital
-
-
-
12
Borders General Hospital
2
6
24
23
Caithness General Hospital
-
-
-
2
Dr Gray's Hospital
84
121
55
67
Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary
19
25
28
11
Falkirk Community Hospital
2
1
1
-
Forth Valley Royal Hospital
-
-
-
99
Galloway Community Hospital
13
12
14
21
Gilbert Bain Hospital
2
1
1
4
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
36
47
141
47
Hairmyres Hospital
250
78
483
548
Inverclyde Royal Hospital
4
10
23
22
Kincardine Community Hospital
-
-
1
-
Monklands District
General Hospital
58
44
124
161
Ninewells Hospital
11
6
9
16
Perth Royal Infirmary
4
3
9
8
Queen Margaret Hospital
115
97
447
914
Raigmore Hospital
12
21
35
28
Royal Aberdeen
Children's Hospital
1
3
1
2
Royal Alexandra Hospital
60
46
133
125
Royal Hospital For
Sick Children (Edinburgh)
7
8
1
8
Royal Hospital For
Sick Children (Glasgow)
15
4
10
22
Royal Infirmary of
Edinburgh at Little France
317
779
523
689
Southern General Hospital
22
55
56
42
St John's Hospital
131
193
319
287
Stirling Community Hospital
54
67
197
20
Stobhill Hospital
2
5
11
-
University Hospital Ayr
22
45
51
92
University Hospital Crosshouse
17
13
46
44
Vale Of Leven General Hospital
5
1
2
6
Victoria Hospital
160
63
300
674
Victoria Infirmary
54
156
271
232
Western General Hospital
15
69
27
124
Western Infirmary/
Gartnavel General
115
84
523
356
Western Isles Hospital
2
-
-
2
Wishaw General Hospital
216
55
106
144
Scotland
2,190
2,290
4,131
5,097
Source: A&E data mart, ISD Scotland.

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