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Written question asked by Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 31 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 November 2005. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 December 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Situation Reports

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many situation reports have been delivered to her Department from local NHS bodies in each of the last five years; what the frequency of such reports was; and what issues were covered.
Answer

Daily Situation Reports (SitReps) are collected from acute trusts on weekdays during the winter months on an exception basis. They are required if any of the following operational problems occur:"Accident and Emergency (A&E) closures""A&E diversions""Trolley waits of over 12 hours""Urgent operations cancelled for the second or subsequent time""Non-medical critical care transfers out of an approved critical care transfer group""Unplanned reductions in elective workload because of pressures and""Difficulties with ambulance queuing."Weekly SitReps currently cover the following topics:"A&E attendances""Time spent in A&E""Wait from decision to admit to admission""Emergency admissions""Cancelled operations""Delayed transfers of care""Beds available and occupied""Non-medical critical care transfers and""Ambulance calls responded to."The number of SitReps collected in each of the last five years is shown in the table.

Daily SitReps Weekly SitReps
2000–01 116 31
2001–02 67 53
2002–03 71 52
2003–04 90 52
2004–05 96 53

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24521; 440 c2727-8W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
NHS NHS trusts Statistics
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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