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| 02 September 2009 Release of 2008/09 Hospital Statistics for Northern Ireland |
On 27 August 2009, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety published the 2008/2009 Hospital Statistics for Northern Ireland.
The Hospital Statistics publication shows activity data analysed by Programme of Care. Specialty tables covering both inpatients and outpatients along with a Key Points document showing comparisons over the past five years were also published.
All publications are available on the Department’s website.
Key Findings:
• In 2008/2009, 551,098 inpatients were treated in Northern Ireland hospitals. Of these 371,626 (67%) were ordinary admissions and the remaining 179,472 (33%) were treated as day cases. |
• Overall there were 7,706 beds available with an 82% occupancy rate. |
• The average length of time spent in hospital (excluding day cases) was 6.2 days. |
• In 2008/2009, there were 1,565,497 outpatient attendances recorded. In 10.8% of these scheduled attendances, the patient did not attend (7.4% of new referrals and 12.3% of review attendances). |
• 10.1% of scheduled outpatient appointments were cancelled by the hospital. Appointments were cancelled for a variety of reasons, principally, in order to reschedule the original appointment to an alternative date and due the unavailability of the consultant. |
• The total number of attendances at Accident and Emergency departments in 2008/2009 was 732,022. |
Read the press release to view comparisons with 2007/2008 statistics.
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