How many hospitals have an A&E department in England?
NHS England’s A&E figures for September 2026 cover 189 hospital A&E departments run by 122 NHS trusts.
Applies to: September 2026
In a chart and a table
| Region | Hospitals |
|---|---|
| East of England | 18 |
| London | 29 |
| Midlands | 30 |
| North East and Yorkshire | 32 |
| North West | 30 |
| South East | 30 |
| South West | 20 |
How did we work it out?
We count the hospital A&E departments that report to NHS England’s A&E statistics in the month. A hospital with several A&E departments counts once for each department NHS England lists.
Urgent treatment centres and walk-in centres are not counted. The regions are in alphabetical order, not ranked.
Where does the figure come from?
- A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions: (published 8 October 2026)
- Contains public sector information from NHS England licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions, monthly, and its ECDS Performance tables. Contains Office for National Statistics data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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