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26/07/2013
NI's A&E Waiting Times Fall
New statistics released by the Department of Health show the number of patients forced to wait 12 hours or more in Northern Ireland's A&E departments has fallen.
Figures for April to June 2013, reveal a significant fall from 1,008 to just 249 patients – a decrease of 75%.
The report looked at the Emergency Care departments throughout the region and found that Antrim Area Hospital figure of patients waiting for 12 hours or more fell from 335 patients in April, to zero patients in June.
Earlier this year, the hospital was criticised for being "ineffective and unsafe."
Elsewhere, the Ulster Hospital had 196 patients waiting for 12 hours or more in June, compared to 77 in May and 282 in April.
There were a total of 58,319 attendances at emergency care departments in Northern Ireland during June, compared with 59,948 in May and 59,275 in April.
(JP/CD)
Figures for April to June 2013, reveal a significant fall from 1,008 to just 249 patients – a decrease of 75%.
The report looked at the Emergency Care departments throughout the region and found that Antrim Area Hospital figure of patients waiting for 12 hours or more fell from 335 patients in April, to zero patients in June.
Earlier this year, the hospital was criticised for being "ineffective and unsafe."
Elsewhere, the Ulster Hospital had 196 patients waiting for 12 hours or more in June, compared to 77 in May and 282 in April.
There were a total of 58,319 attendances at emergency care departments in Northern Ireland during June, compared with 59,948 in May and 59,275 in April.
(JP/CD)
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