Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients each hospital trust is contracted to treat in accident and emergency in the Eastern health and social services board area; how many each treated in accident and emergency in the last year for which figures are available; and what was the percentage difference from contract in each case. [22921]
§ Mr. MossContracts for accident and emergency services do not specify the number of patients to be treated, as such services are demand led. However, some contracts may include indicative figures based on the number of patients treated in the previous year. These may in some cases be used as a basis for renegotiating contract values during the year.
The number of actual attendances at accident and emergency departments at each of the hospital trusts in the Eastern board area in 1994–95 were as follows: 743W
Number Belfast City Hospital HSS trust 51,036 Ulster, North Down and Ards Hospitals HSS trust 80,281 Royal Group of Hospitals HSS trust 105,462 Down Lisburn HSS trust 53,470 Mater Infirmorum Hospital HSS trust 42,491