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FOI Request 958 - Emergency Redirections
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Case Number 958
Request Date 09/01/2009

Details of the Request


  1. The name of the A&E department(s);
  2. How many separate occasions the A&E department(s) had to redirect patients elsewhere;
  3. To which hospitals the patients were redirected;

For example:
  1. St Anne’s Hospital A&E department;
  2. Closed to new admissions on 50 separate occasions in 2008;
  3. Patients redirected to Oxdown Hospital A&E department;

Completion Date 23/03/2009


Details of the Response

Thank you for your request to Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust regarding A&E Closures. The response from our Trust’s Accident & Emergency Clinical Governance Manager is as follows.
  1. Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust Accident & Emergency Dept.
  2. Closed to new admissions on 1 occasion in December 2008 for one hour
  3. To which hospitals the patients were redirected – Royal Surrey County Hospital
We would advise, however, that we only carry out daily reporting during the winter months in between October and March during winter pressures.


Last Updated ( Wednesday, 07 September 2011 10:09 )