HC Deb 08 June 2004 vol 422 c345W
Mrs. Iris Robinson

To 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 Smith

The 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.