05/08/2010
Belfast A&E Has Most Emergency Patients
Belfast had the busiest of the region's accident and emergency (A&E) departments during the past year with around a quarter of all the casualties showing up for treatment being in the capital.
But, it has also emerged that waiting times in NI casualty departments have more than tripled in the last three years with both A&E successes and 'failures' outlined in the latest set of data published by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety today.
Activity at emergency care departments during the year ending 31 March are examined with the statistical bulletin presenting information on new attendances, planned and unplanned review re-attendances, waiting times at emergency care departments, patient transport and emergency response.
The key findings presented in the NI Hospital Statistics: Emergency Care publication include that the total number of attendances at emergency care departments increased by 4%, from 698,937 to 727,935 and that over one in four (27%) attendances at emergency care departments during 2009/10 were in the Belfast HSC Trust (188,928).
On the plus side, it has emerged that 84% (585,458) of patients were either treated and discharged or admitted within four hours of their arrival in the emergency care department
However, the number of new and unplanned review attendances at emergency care departments who had to wait over 12 hours more than tripled from 982 to 3,880.
But, in counterpoint, during the last five years, the proportion of category A (immediately life threatening) calls responded to within eight minutes has increased by 21 percentage points, from 51% in 2005/06 to 72% in the past year.
The information release is published on the Departmental website at: A&E Data
(BMcC/GK)
But, it has also emerged that waiting times in NI casualty departments have more than tripled in the last three years with both A&E successes and 'failures' outlined in the latest set of data published by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety today.
Activity at emergency care departments during the year ending 31 March are examined with the statistical bulletin presenting information on new attendances, planned and unplanned review re-attendances, waiting times at emergency care departments, patient transport and emergency response.
The key findings presented in the NI Hospital Statistics: Emergency Care publication include that the total number of attendances at emergency care departments increased by 4%, from 698,937 to 727,935 and that over one in four (27%) attendances at emergency care departments during 2009/10 were in the Belfast HSC Trust (188,928).
On the plus side, it has emerged that 84% (585,458) of patients were either treated and discharged or admitted within four hours of their arrival in the emergency care department
However, the number of new and unplanned review attendances at emergency care departments who had to wait over 12 hours more than tripled from 982 to 3,880.
But, in counterpoint, during the last five years, the proportion of category A (immediately life threatening) calls responded to within eight minutes has increased by 21 percentage points, from 51% in 2005/06 to 72% in the past year.
The information release is published on the Departmental website at: A&E Data
(BMcC/GK)
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