Written Answers to Questions - Northern Ireland Assembly

Friday 20 July 2012 Written Answers
The figures include all telephone contacts regardless of the outcome, so will include patients who were
asked to attend the OOH centre or who received a home visit, as well as those who received telephone
advice.
TABLE 1: NUMBER OF TELEPHONE CONTACTS RECEIVED By THE WESTERN URGENT CARE OUT OF
HOURS SERVICE, APRIL 2011 – MARCH 2012.
District Council Area Out of Hours Centre Number of Telephone Contacts
Derry Altnagelvin OOH Centre 46624
Limavady Limavady OOH Centre 10313
Strabane Strabane OOH Centre 12397
Omagh Omagh OOH Centre 21348
Fermanagh Enniskillen OOH Centre 19517
Patient Seen by Western Urgent Out of Hours Care
Ms Boyle asked inister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety how many patients were seen at
each of the Out of Hours centres in the Western Urgent Care area in the last year.
(AQW 13432/11-15)
Mr Poots: The number of patients seen at each of the Out of Hours centres in the Western Urgent Care
area during the year April 2011 – March 2012 is shown in the table below.
TABLE 1: NUMBER OF PATIENTS SEEN AT EACH OF THE OUT OF HOURS CENTRES IN THE WESTERN
URGENT CARE AREA, APRIL 2011 – MARCH 2012.
Out of Hours Centre Number of Attendances
Altnagelvin OOH Centre 23,717
Limavady OOH Centre 5,448
Strabane OOH Centre 6,638
Omagh OOH Centre 10,440
Enniskillen OOH Centre 9,933
Out of Hours Service in Strabane
Ms Boyle asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety how many patients have
been advised, upon telephone contact with Western Urgent Care, to attend the Out of Hours Service in
Strabane within the last year.
(AQW 13433/11-15)
Mr Poots: During the year April 2011 – March 2012, 6,638 patients attended the Out of Hours Service
in Strabane. The majority of these patients will have been advised to attend the Out of Hours service
following telephone contact with Western Urgent Care, however the figure also includes patients who
attended the centre without first telephoning Western Urgent Care, but these numbers are very small.
Nursing Accommodation on Rathlin Island
Mr McKay asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety if there are plans to
downgrade the nursing accommodation on Rathlin Island and whether any assessment has been made
of the impact this would have on overnight nursing care on the island.
(AQW 13446/11-15)
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