Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 61968
Accident and Emergency Departments: Older People
Tabled: 23 June 2025
Answered: 1 July 2025
Question
Ian Byrne
Labour — Liverpool West Derby
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
Answer
Karin SmythNHS 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.