Question reference: S5W-00587
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 8 June 2016
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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