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Version: 1.0.1 | Published: 16 Feb 2026 | Updated: 8 days ago

Hospital Accident & Emergency Activity

Dataset

Documentation

Description:
Accident and Emergency activity in England for the financial year 2024-25. It describes NHS accident and emergency activity and performance in hospitals in England. The data sources for this publication are the Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) and the aggregate Monthly Situation Reports (MSitAE) relating to A&E attendances and emergency admissions in NHS hospitals, minor injury units and walk-in centres. The report includes analysis by patient demographics, time spent in A&E, distributions by time of arrival and day of week, arriving by ambulance, performance times, waits for admission and reattendances to A&E within 7 days. Data can be donwloaded in Excel format.

Coverage

Spatial

Geographical Levels:
clinical commissioning groups

Temporal

Start Date:
21 January 2009
Frequency:
ANNUAL

Provenance

Source:
The data sources for this publication are the Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) and the aggregate Monthly Situation Reports (MSitAE) relating to A&E attendances and emergency admissions in NHS hospitals, minor injury units and walk-in centres.
Purpose:
The purpose of this publication is to inform and support strategic and policy-led processes for the benefit of patient care. It may also be of interest to researchers, journalists and members of the public.
Collection Situation:
NHS Hospitals A&E departments, minor injury units and walk-in centres.

Access and Governance

Usage

Data Use Requirements:
NO REQUIREMENTS

Access

Data Controller:
NHS England

Format and Standards

Languages:
ENGLISH
Data Format:
  • Unstructured text
  • Database
Estimated Dataset Size:
<25 MB

Additional Information Governance

Confidentiality Risk:
Low risk
Availability Risk:
Low risk
Integrity Risk:
Low risk