AQW 7429/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health

To ask the Minister of Health to detail the average waiting times for each Emergency Department in Northern Ireland, for each month since 1 Janaury 2020.

Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 23 September 2020

Answer

Information on the median waiting times at each Emergency Department by month from January 2020 is detailed in the attached table.

Median Waiting Times at each Emergency Department, by Month (HH:MM)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep
Mater	3:38	3:28	3:05	2:41	2:55	2:59	2:52	3:16	3:29
RVH	4:14	4:28	3:46	2:46	3:55	3:53	4:18	4:19	4:21
Eye	2:27	2:41	2:04	1:29	1:35	1:59	1:57	2:11	2:18
RBHSC	2:21	2:24	2:06	1:29	1:32	1:33	1:29	1:43	2:17
Antrim Area	3:03	3:27	3:02	2:47	2:42	2:46	3:01	3:30	3:22
Causeway	2:38	2:40	2:31	2:11	2:11	2:26	2:23	2:38	2:32
Mid-Ulster	0:34	0:33	0:39	0:44	0:45	0:46	0:49	0:39	0:40
Ards MIU	0:49	0:45	0:48	0:35	0:35	0:38	0:45	0:41	0:40
Bangor MIU*	0:39	0:38	0:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Downe**	1:39	1:33	1:38	-	-	-	-	0:24	0:22
Lagan Valley	2:10	2:40	2:06	1:27	1:42	1:50	1:41	2:21	2:19
Ulster	3:22	3:25	3:22	2:59	2:58	3:00	3:16	3:19	3:10
Craigavon Area	4:31	4:22	7:39	6:08	6:14	6:47	7:02	7:29	6:47
Daisy Hill***	2:54	3:04	2:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Tyrone	0:29	0:26	0:24	0:21	0:21	0:22	0:22	0:25	0:29
Altnagelvin Area	3:57	4:12	3:53	3:02	3:19	3:41	3:43	3:53	3:32
South West Acute	4:22	3:52	3:24	2:49	2:44	2:51	2:49	2:57	3:18
Omagh	0:54	0:58	0:47	0:46	0:37	0:42	0:57	0:55	1:01

* Bangor temporarily closed 12th March 2020.

**Downe temporarily closed between 30th March 2020 and 10 August 2020.

***Daisy Hill temporarily closed on 28 March 2020.