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Accident and Emergency Departments: Older People

Asked by Ian ByrneLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 1 July 2025UIN 61968

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) the number and (b) the percentage of people over 60 presenting at A&E who waited over 12 hours to be (a) transferred, (b) admitted or (c) discharged in t

Answered by Karin Smyth

NHS England publishes data on the number of accident and emergency attendances and admissions by age. Data is also published on 12-hour accident and emergency attendances, although this is not available by age.

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