§ Mr. A. Cecil WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many patients were treated in each year since 1989 in each of the acute specialty units at(a) Royal Victoria hospital, Belfast, (b) Belfast City hospital, (c) Mater hospital, Belfast and (d) Ulster hospital;
(2) how many patients were treated in 1990 in each of the acute specialty units at (a) Royal Victoria hospital, Belfast, (b) Belfast City hospital, (c) Mater hospital, Belfast and (d) Ulster hospital.
§ Mr. HanleyThe table shows the number of discharges, including deaths, from acute specialties in each of the four hospitals in 1989 and 1990. Information is not available on the number of individual patients treated.
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Specially RVH BCH Mater Ulster 1989 1990 1989 1990 1989 1990 1989 1990 Cardiac Surgery 601 640 — — — — — — Thoracic Surgery 757 761 61 85 — — — — Accident and Emergency 2,050 1,765 2,084 1,870 — — — — Sick Babies — — 323 377 30 39 368 394 Anaesthetics 109 262 282 308 63 30 55 55 General Medicine 4,320 4,181 4,359 4,174 3,205 2,624 2,149 2,326 Haematology (Clinical) — — 677 573 — — — — Endocrinology 813 775 — — — — — — Cardiology 2,360 2,309 1,979 1,935 — — 1,005 1,016 Dermatology 197 190 322 338 — — 6 13 Paediatrics — — 1,573 304 — — 2,002 2,134 Genito-Urinary Medicine 10 16 — — — — — — Thoracic Medicine — — 499 618 — — — — Neurology 1,128 1,036 7,130 8,598 — — — — Medical Oncology — — 311 300 — — — — Rheumatology 76 76 — — — — — — Nephrology — — — — — — — Rehabilitation 6 13 — — — — — — Obs Gyn (Gynaecology) 1,604 1,811 2,435 2,290 795 817 1,305 1,348 Haematology 547 533 — — — — — — Others 267 225 — — — — — — Total 29,211 29,904 32,332 32,172 6,499 6,061 15,050 15,655
§ Mr. A. Cecil WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many consultants are employed in
Royal Victoria Belfast City Mater Ulster General medicine 12 11 3 4 General surgery 9 7 3 5 Accident and emergency 2 2 1 1 Obstetrics and gynaecology 4 10 2 3 Orthopaedics 7 4 1 4 Paediatrics — 4 1 2 Anaesthetics 28 20 4 9 Note: Not all consultants are employed full time; some are employed part time and some split their time between hospitals.