Written Answers to Questions - Northern Ireland Assembly

Friday 20 July 2012 Written Answers
Hospital
WA 569
Paediatrics
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
RBHSC 10,515 10,275 4,551
Royal Maternity 1 5,457 323 444
Royal Victoria 0 1 1
Tyrone County 93 40 7
Ulster 5,145 4,628 4,573
Total 35,089 28,841 23,735
1 From 2009/10, only babies admitted to the special care baby unit in the Royal Maternity Hospital are
included.
Accident and Emergency Unit Admissions
Mr Dunne asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety what percentage of patients
attending each Accident and Emergency Unit were admitted as an inpatient in each of the last three
years.
(AQW 13701/11-15)
Mr Poots: Information on the percentage of patients attending each emergency care unit who were
admitted as an inpatient is not available.
However, provisional information is available on the number of emergency admissions at each
hospital1, as a percentage of the number of new and unplanned review attendances at emergency care
units during the last three years. This is detailed in the table below:
Hospital 2 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Belfast City 21.9% 21.1% 30.4%
Mater 19.3% 19.3% 20.6%
Royal Victoria 17.0% 16.9% 15.9%
RBHSC 10.4% 10.2% 10.2%
Antrim Area 22.1% 23.7% 23.4%
Whiteabbey 10.5% 3.7% 0.0%
Mid Ulster 12.4% 4.8% 0.0%
Causeway 14.6% 14.3% 13.4%
Ulster 22.1% 22.2% 24.6%
Ards 3.0% 1.3% 0.4%
Bangor 3.6% 2.1% 0.5%
Lagan Valley 10.8% 10.8% 11.4%
Downe 14.6% 13.1% 12.8%
Craigavon Area 23.2% 22.3% 22.5%
Daisy Hill 15.6% 16.3% 16.4%
South Tyrone 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%