Attendances by day of the week from Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data and the National Health Service accident and emergency departments patient survey 2014
| HES data, cited from Meacock et al 20 | Survey data | ||||||
| Day of week | Average attendances per day | HES (%) | Patients in sample (n) | Patients in sample (%) | Respondents (n) | Respondents (%) | Adjusted response rate (%) |
| Monday | 41 416.8 | 15.6 | 20 200 | 16.7 | 6500 | 16.5 | 32.2 |
| Tuesday | 37 470.6 | 14.1 | 15 933 | 13.2 | 5178 | 13.2 | 32.5 |
| Wednesday | 36 932.9 | 13.9 | 16 313 | 13.5 | 5343 | 13.6 | 32.8 |
| Thursday | 36 815.2 | 13.9 | 16 274 | 13.5 | 5304 | 13.5 | 32.6 |
| Friday | 36 425.6 | 13.7 | 16 038 | 13.3 | 5452 | 13.9 | 34.0 |
| Saturday | 37 165.9 | 14.0 | 17 550 | 14.5 | 5765 | 14.7 | 32.8 |
| Sunday | 39 341.8 | 14.8 | 18 349 | 15.2 | 5777 | 14.7 | 31.5 |
| Weekday | 37 812.2 | 71.2 | 16 951.6 | 70.2 | 5555.4 | 70.6 | 32.8 |
| Weekend | 38 253.8 | 28.8 | 17 949.5 | 29.8 | 5771.0 | 29.4 | 32.2 |