Written question asked by Helen Goodman (Labour) on Tuesday, 26 April 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 28 April 2011. It was answered by Simon Burns (Conservative) on Thursday, 5 May 2011 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Accident and Emergency Departments

Question: (3) how many (a) 111 calls and (b) 999 calls to ambulance services have been made from County Durham in the last 12 months.

Answer: There is no direct information on this. However, as part of their evaluation of the four national health service 111 pilot sites, the university of Sheffield will shortly publish their interim report. A copy will be made available in the Library. This will contain data on the proportion of people who call NHS 111 who are recommended to attend an accident and emergency department, the proportion of people who call NHS 111 for whom an ambulance is dispatched and the total number of calls to NHS 111.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 53713; 527 c923-4W
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2011-1455
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Accident and emergency departments
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk