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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many trolley waits (a) in total and (b) lasting more than two hours there were in the Province during each quarter over the last five years; and how many trolley waits there were on each day since 1 December 2004. [210044] Angela Smith: The total number of hospital trolley waits is reported to the Department by trusts on a quarterly basis. Number of hospital trolley waits recorded in Northern Ireland by quarter1999-2000 to 2003-2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number patients waiting on a trolley Quarter Over 2 hours Total 30 June 1999 1,018 13,994 30 September 1999 1,265 15,172 31 December 1999 1,686 16,416 31 March 2000 2,071 17,743 1999-2000 6,040 63,325 30 June 2000 1,701 17,296 30 September 2000 1,960 17,483 31 December 2000 2,851 21,735 31 March 2001 3,834 19,365 2000-01 10,346 75,879 30 June 2001 2,943 18,491 30 September 2001 3,421 18,976 31 December 2001 4,054 19,544 31 March 2002 4,623 20,407 2001-02 15,041 77,418 30-June 2002 5,207 21,247 30 September 2002 5,180 24,320 31 December 2002 7,046 25,135 31 March 2003 7,698 25,680 2002-03 25,131 96,382 30 June 2003 6,896 25,620 30 September 2003 6,468 26,080 31 December 2003 7,750 26,424 31 March 2004 8,864 25,969 2003-04 29,978 104,093 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: In a small number of cases trusts have returned data for a representative sample of trolley waits. The Department also receives daily returns (Monday to Friday) on the number of trolley waits based on a snapshot taken at 9.00am in each accident and emergency department across Northern Ireland. Number of hospital trolley waits recorded at 9.00am in Northern Ireland each week day from 1 December 2004,19 January 2005 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Date Trolley waits 1 December 2004 51 2 December 2004 62 3 December 2004 59 6 December 2004 54 7 December 2004 82 8 December 2004 67 9 December 2004 58 10 December 2004 69 13 December 2004 64 14 December 2004 69 15 December 2004 80 16 December 2004 59 17 December 2004 52 20 December 2004 66 21 December 2004 46 22 December 2004 42 23 December 2004 28 24 December 2004 4 27 December 2004 3 28 December 2004 11 29 December 2004 14 30 December 2004 56 31 December 2004 78 3 January 2005 66 4 January 2005 100 5 January 2005 128 6 January 2005 128 7 January 2005 96 10 January 2005 109 11 January 2005 166 12 January 2005 84 13 January 2005 93 14 January 2005 80 17 January 2005 81 18 January 2005 104 19 January 2005 89 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: This information shows a snapshot of the number of trolley waits at 9.00am each weekday. The Department also receives daily returns (Monday to Friday) on the number of trolley waits based on a snapshot taken at 9.00am in each accident and emergency department across Northern Ireland. Number of hospital trolley waits recorded at 9.00am in each acute hospital on 19 January 2005 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Hospital Number Altnagelvin 0 Antrim 5 Belfast City 17 Causeway 0 Craigavon 13 Downe 0 Lagan Valley 6 Mater 16 Mid Ulster 3 Daisy Hill 0 Royal Victoria 18 Sperrin Lakeland1 0 Ulster 11 Whiteabbey 0 Total 89 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Data is not supplied separately for Tyrone county hospital and Erne hospital. This information shows a snapshot of the number of trolley waits at 9.00am each week day morning.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

210044; 430 c314-6W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Hospitals Hospital beds Northern Ireland Waiting lists

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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