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According to recent figures the Northern Health & Social Care Trust are again and consistently failing on the provision of acute services within its boundaries. Despite falling numbers attending A&E's within the Trust severe waiting times can be seen. As we near the busy season within the Trust the are sever
Key Points
Latest Position (September 2012):
- During September 2012, 77.7% of patients attending Type 1 emergency care departments were either treated and discharged home, or admitted within 4 hours, compared with 93.6% attending Type 2 departments and 99.9% attending Type 3 departments (Table 2).
- In September 2012, 295 (0.5%) out of a total 58,879 attendances at emergency care departments in Northern Ireland waited longer than 12 hours to be either treated and discharged home, or admitted (Table 2).
Position during last 3 months (July - September 2012):Between July and September 2012:
- The percentage of patients attending Type 1 emergency care departments that were either treated and discharged home or admitted within 4 hours decreased, from 78.8% to 77.7% (Figure 1, Table 2).
- In Type 2 emergency care departments, the percentage of patients attending that were either treated and discharged home or admitted within 4 hours increased, from 92.7% to 93.6% (Figure 1, Table 2).
- The percentage of patients attending Type 3 emergency care departments that were either treated and discharged home or admitted within 4 hours decreased slightly, from 100.0% to 99.9% (Figure 1, Table 2).
- The number of patients that waited longer than 12 hours to be either treated and discharged home, or admitted more than doubled, from 138 to 295. In particular, performance declined notably at the Ulster between August and September, from 7 to 185 (Table 2).