Health: a statistical picture

Key figures for health and social care in Northern Ireland.

Initial waiting times

Of the 107,896 patients waiting for a first outpatient appointment in June 2012, 30.8 per cent (33,203) had been waiting for more than nine weeks and 5.3 per cent (5,673) had been waiting for more than 21 weeks.  Under Executive targets, no patient should be waiting for more than 21 weeks.

Waiting at this time was most common in oral surgery, general medicine, ophthalmology, ear, nose and throat medicine, neurology, cardiology and urology.

• 603,080 inpatient cases: +3.3 per cent
• 725,202 A&E attendances: -0.8 per cent
• 12,356 adult care packages (June 2011): +51 from June 2010
• 35,516 referrals to children’s social services: +3.1 per cent
• 157,781 missed appointments: -0.9 per cent