Table 1 Numbers of medical staff by size of department
Annual attendance (1000s)No of trustsConsultants Mean (range)MGs Mean (range)SHOs Mean (range)ENPs Mean (range)WLU MeanBAEM predicted WLU*
15–2560.8 (0–1)4.0 (3–5)03.6 (2–86)5.56.6
25–3571.7 (1–6)3.9 (1–7)5.2 (1–8)2.9 (1–6)10.29.9
35–4582.9 (2–7)4.0 (2–7)7.2 (6–10)5.9 (1–10)15.113.2
45–55133.0 (1–5)5.0 (3–7)8.2 (7–12)3.9 (1–7)15.116.5
55–65193.3 (1–6)7.4 (5–11)8.6 (6–15)5.6 (3–15)18.419.8
65–7593.8 (3–6)7.9 (7–9)9.8 (8–12)7.1 (4–8)21.123.1
75–85144.3 (3–8)8.7 (3–11)12.4 (8–18)6.7 (1–13)24.026.4
85–9565.4 (4–7)9.1 (6–13)15.0 (8–20)5.1 (3–8)27.229.7
95–10563.6 (2–6)11.8 (8–15)15.5 (8–25)4.9 (3–6)27.633.0
105–11524.6 (3–5)10.0 (10)20.0 (16–24)11.5 (3–20)31.136.3
135–1451716281448.646.2
  • BAEM, British Association for Emergency Medicine; ENP, emergency nurse practitioner; MG, middle grade doctor; SHO, senior house officer; WLU, workload unit.

  • *WLU to achieve the 4 h target at the 90% level.

  • BAEM, British Association for Emergency Medicine; ENP, emergency nurse practitioner; MG, middle grade doctor; SHO, senior house officer; WLU, workload unit.

  • *WLU to achieve the 4 h target at the 90% level.