§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients in each hospital have their discharge delayed while awaiting community care packages. [172739]
§ Angela SmithThe number of delayed discharges recorded in each hospital at 29 February 2004 (the latest date for which such information is available), is as follows.
Number of delayed discharges, by hospital, 29 February 2004 Hospital Total delayed discharges Ards 0 Bangor 0 Belfast City 40 Downe 9 Forster Green 2 Lagan Valley 9 Mater Infirmorum 4 Musgrave Park 13 Royal Victoria 46 Ulster 46 Antrim 16 Braid Valley 34 Causeway 14 Coleraine 0 Dalriada 9 Moyle 10 Mid-Ulster 16 Robinson Memorial 2 Whiteabbey 28 Craigavon Area 11 Daisy Hill 11 Loane House 7 Lurgan 15 Mullinure 20 South Tyrone 10 Altnagelvin 9 Erne 6 Tyrone County 4 Northern Ireland total 391 Note: Information is collected only for hospitals which provide an acute service. Delayed discharges refer to persons delayed in these hospitals while awaiting a community care package.