This is the equivalent of a minimum of 319 days spent waiting in A&E by these patinets.
Long waiting times affects the capacity of the A&E and the longer the patients are waiting the fewer the amount of patients the A&E can see. However while health chiefs will argue that people attend A&E could go somewhere else, more acutely ill patients are being admitted to Antrim Hospital this year that in its entire history.
During the time frame it took on average 17.1 hours to admit patients to Antrim Hospital via A&E, the longest wait being 39.4 hours during the week of Jan 2013.