During the period Nov 2020 – March 2021 this page provided a regional overview of the pressures and challenges facing the HSC system in Northern Ireland.
The information has been retained in archive format below.
The page included information on staffing levels and bed pressures it also contained information on the following: –
A daily update on the number of people in Emergency Departments
The information was taken from a live, operational dashboard and only provided a snapshot of Emergency Departments at a particular point in time. Therefore, as the situation in Emergency Departments is very dynamic, the information cannot and should not be taken as the definitive position.
The statistics did not include information from Urgent Care Centres or Phone First Data.
Information provided relates to Type 1 sites only. Type 1 departments are defined as those with a consultant-led service with designated accommodation for the reception of emergency care patients, providing both emergency medicine and emergency surgical services on a round the clock basis.
A weekly update on Emergency Department Figures
The figures did not include Urgent Care and Phone First attendances.1 To be seen, treated, and either discharged or admitted to a hospital bed.
Information provided relates to Type 1 and Type 2 ED sites. Type 1 departments are defined as those with a consultant-led service with designated accommodation for the reception of emergency care patients, providing both emergency medicine and emergency surgical services on a round the clock basis. Type 2 departments are consultant-led service with designated accommodation for the reception of emergency care patients, but do not provide both emergency medicine and emergency surgical services and/or has time-limited opening hours.
[Source: Health and Social Care Board]
A weekly update on people attending Covid Assessment Centres
COVID-19 centres are a GP-led innovation that was an urgent and immediate response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The centres ensure that primary care services can be maintained, by enabling patients who have COVID-19 symptoms to be treated separately from those patients who have other conditions which require assessment or treatment in primary care.
