Annual Accident and Emergency attendance data for London, showing the number and percentage of attendances by time of day. This dataset is produced by the Greater London Authority and is part of its Night Time Observatory. It was last updated on 2026-06-24.
Use Cases
- Modeling daily and hourly demand for emergency services based on time-of-day percentages.
- Analyzing the impact of night-time activities on public health infrastructure based on attendance patterns.
- Forecasting staffing and resource needs for A&E departments based on historical attendance trends.
- Comparing A&E usage across different times of day to identify peak pressure periods.
Strengths
- Data is updated annually, providing a consistent time series.
- Includes both count and percentage metrics for attendances by time of day.
- Part of an official observatory from the Greater London Authority.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-06-24).
Provenance
- Source
- Greater London Authority
- Time Range
- Annual
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-24 21:06:35.373598; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- London, UK