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Question reference: S5W-00587

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: 8 June 2016
  • Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 June 2016

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have attended the A&E unit at the (a) Glasgow Royal Infirmary and (b) Royal Alexandra Hospital in each of the last 24 months, and what information it has regarding what postcode area they live.


Answer

The number of monthly attendances at each A&E unit in Scotland is published by Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland and can be found at: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Emergency-Care/Publications/data-tables.asp

The following table shows the number of people that have attended the emergency department at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The figures in the table provide the latest available information between 1 May 2014 and 30 April 2016.

Number of A&E attendances at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary between 1 May 2014 and 30 April 2016. Figures are broken down by postal area and month of attendance.

Month

Glasgow postal area ("G")

Motherwell postal area ("ML")

Paisley postal area ("PA")

Other Scotland postal areas

Non Scotland postal areas

Not known

Total Attendances

May-14

6,860

154

86

153

141

 

7,394

June-14

6,493

133

74

167

139

 

7,006

July-14

6,745

148

95

167

300

1

7,456

August-14

6,413

150

79

162

242

1

7,047

September-14

6,551

132

83

178

147

1

7,092

October-14

6,523

122

74

165

149

2

7,035

November-14

6,341

126

75

184

127

2

6,855

December-14

6,003

132

74

151

145

2

6,507

January-15

6,190

104

63

142

99

 

6,598

February-15

5,656

104

72

165

124

1

6,122

March-15

6,339

121

79

178

142

 

6,859

April-15

6,121

101

72

154

163

1

6,612

May-15

6,608

105

61

149

135

 

7,058

June-15

7,025

114

90

153

175

1

7,558

July-15

7,175

122

81

154

196

 

7,728

August-15

7,422

136

87

180

243

3

8,071

September-15

7,121

118

89

171

186

1

7,686

October-15

7,358

124

81

213

162

2

7,940

November-15

6,707

119

85

224

172

3

7,310

December-15

6,667

140

89

185

165

2

7,248

January-16

6,746

108

76

166

149

 

7,245

February-16

6,712

134

83

208

158

1

7,296

March-16

7,646

115

68

182

201

3

8,215

April-16

6,931

138

85

174

178

2

7,508

Source: A&E Datamart, ISD Scotland

 

The following table shows the number of people that have attended the Emergency Department at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. The figures in the table provide the latest available information between 1 May 2014 and 30 April 2016.

Number of A&E attendances at the Royal Alexandra Hospital between 1 May 2014 and 30 April 2016. Figures are broken down by postal area and month of attendance.

Month

Glasgow postal area ("G")

Motherwell postal area ("ML")

Paisley postal area ("PA")

Other Scotland postal areas

Non Scotland postal areas

Not known

Total Attendances

May-14

1,315

8

4,446

156

62

2

5,989

June-14

1,321

19

4,483

173

72

 

6,068

July-14

1,344

22

4,432

205

85

 

6,088

August-14

1,295

19

4,499

177

106

 

6,096

September-14

1,315

19

4,408

153

62

 

5,957

October-14

1,243

13

4,202

149

60

 

5,667

November-14

1,375

16

4,029

148

41

 

5,609

December-14

1,326

12

3,953

152

50

 

5,493

January-15

1,286

14

4,006

134

38

 

5,478

February-15

1,154

18

3,715

124

38

1

5,050

March-15

1,342

15

4,116

148

52

1

5,674

April-15

1,211

12

3,988

185

67

 

5,463

May-15

1,345

14

4,160

161

62

 

5,742

June-15

1,317

10

4,270

158

55

 

5,810

July-

15

1,262

15

4,084

167

71

 

5,599

August-15

1,367

17

4,401

187

102

1

6,075

September-15

1,224

22

4,218

167

54

4

5,689

October-15

1,337

20

4,084

150

59

 

5,650

November-15

1,210

10

3,829

139

53

 

5,241

December-15

1,328

7

3,854

137

51

 

5,377

January-16

1,285

14

4,122

153

26

 

5,600

February-16

1,282

15

3,876

143

44

 

5,360

March-16

1,473

14

4,443

160

47

1

6,138

April-16

1,281

18

4,147

144

47

1

5,638

Source: A&E Datamart, ISD Scotland