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FOI 0537 2019/20 Chief Complaints A&E

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February 4, 2020

Last updated: February 4, 2020

Freedom of Information Request: 0537 2019/20.

I am conducting research into the nature of complaints for patients admitted to A & E. I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information act:

  1. 1. For each of the last three calendar years (2019, 2018, 2017), please provide a monthly list of the chief complaints for patients admitted to A&E, broken down by:
  • The name of the chief complaint.
  • The number of patients admitted to A&E for each chief complaint.
  • The number of male patients admitted for each chief complaint.
  • The number of female patients admitted for each chief complaint.

 

Please note that the Chief Complaint is the presenting symptom rather than the primary diagnosis.

Please see attached spreadsheet

  1. For each of the last three calendar years (2019, 2018, 2017) please disclose the total number of patients that were admitted to A and E.

UHB:

2017 – 387,669

2018 – 401,652

2019 – 413,745

  1. For each of the last three calendar years (2019, 2018, 2017) please disclose the total number of patients admitted to A and E that were notGP registered.

UHB:

2017 – 2,722

2018 – 3,960

2019 – 5,480

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