1.   Almost a year after presenting to the accident and emergency department she was referred to our chest unit for observation and treatment.

2.   Similarly within a hospital the culture of the accident and emergency department differs from the long-stay geriatric ward.

3.   But in most cases a referral to, say, a registrar in the accident and emergency department of the local hospital will produce a much more powerful report.

4.   I would like to set this into context though, because over thirteen million attend accident and emergency departments annually.

5.   An MP is calling on a hospital to reorganise its emergency department after he faced a four-hour wait with his injured son.

6.   Much of the money for its new accident and emergency department came from public donations.

7.   This is the first point of contact for patients arriving at the accident and emergency department.