Baroness Walmsley – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Walmsley on 2016-05-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether total Accident and Emergency (A&E) waiting times are calculated, for the purposes of reporting, from the time the ambulance arrives at A&E or from the time the patient enters the A&E Department.

Lord Prior of Brampton

Accident and emergency (A&E) waiting times for patients who arrive by ambulance start either when the ambulance crew hand over the patient to the A&E department, or 15 minutes after the ambulance registers its arrival at A&E, whichever is earlier.