A&E admissions at Royal Alexandra Hospital: FOI release

FOI reference: FOI/17/03028
Date received: 10 December 2017
Date responded: 9 January 2018

Information requested

1. The number of A&E Admissions at Royal Alexandra Hospital, specifically on a Friday.

2. The number of A&E Admissions at Royal Alexandra Hospital on a Friday compared with Monday to Thursday.

3. The death rates at Royal Alexandra Hospital from 2015 to Nov 2017, broken down by month, for the periods Monday to Thursday and from Friday till 09.00 on Monday.

4. The difference in death rates at Royal Alexandra Hospital between a Friday and Monday to Thursday.

5. How many patients are discharged from Royal Alexandra Hospital on a Friday compared with Monday to Thursday

6. Are patients discharged from Royal Alexandra Hospital told what assistance is available when they leave the hospital?

Response

I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested.

A&E Attendances

We have interpreted A&E Admissions to mean A&E Attendances.

Royal Alexandra Hospital - Daily A&E attendances, 01 October 2014 to 10 December 2017

Day	Total Attendances		Day	Average A&E Attendance by day of week
Monday	33890		Monday	204.2
Tuesday	30855		Tuesday	185.9
Wednesday	30452		Wednesday	182.3
Thursday	29899		Thursday	179.0
Friday	29562		Friday	177.0
Saturday	29154		Saturday	174.6
Sunday	30846		Sunday	184.7
Week	214658		Week	183.9

Hospital Mortality

The Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for because of the reasons detailed below.

Discharge

We do not normally hold this information on our databases but can supply the data below based on previous information requests which the Scottish Government have made to NHS National Services Scotland, Information Services Division.

Royal Alexandra Hospital - Daily Discharges (all), Winter 2010-11 to Winter 2016-17

Day	Total Discharges	Day	Average Discharges by day of week
Monday	54709		Monday	218.0
Tuesday	52939		Tuesday	210.9
Wednesday	51506		Wednesday	206.0
Thursday	55610		Thursday	222.4
Friday	56052		Friday	224.2
Saturday	25197		Saturday	100.8
Sunday	19341		Sunday	77.4
Week	315354		Week	180.0

This includes total emergency and elective In Patient and day cases

Discharge Assistance

The Scottish Inpatient Experience Survey (last published 2016) provides information about patient's experiences in hospital, including their experience of leaving hospital. The Inpatient Experience Survey results (2016) for Royal Alexandra Hospital indicate that 78% of patients knew who to contact if they had any questions after leaving hospital. The full survey report for the Royal Alexandra Hospital can be accessed through this web link: http://www.careexperience.scot.nhs.uk/Results2016/Hospital-Reports/NHS%20Greater%20Glasgow%20and%20Clyde/C418H-Royal-Alexandra-Hospital-Paisley-2016.pdf

You may also wish to contact NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde given your recent patient experience as they have operational responsibility for the Royal Alexandria Hospital - http://www.nhsggc.org.uk/get-in-touch-get-involved/

Reasons for not providing information

The Scottish Government does not have the information.

The Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for because Hospital Mortality data is held by NHS National Services Scotland, Information Services Division. This part of your request should be directed to:

NSS Corporate FOI team via email (NSS.FOI@nhs.net), or by mail to:

Associate Director, Corporate Affairs and Compliance
Strategy and Governance Directorate
NHS National Services Scotland
Gyle Square
1 South Gyle Crescent
Edinburgh
EH12 9EB

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.

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