Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 29 February 2024
39. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the number of reductions of attendances in emergency departments in each public and voluntary hospital in 2023 relative to 2022 following on from his positive statement of a 20% reduction in ED attendances overall in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9550/24]
View answerIn reference to Deputy O’Dea’s PQ 9550 (details below), Unscheduled Care are not able to provide data in direct response to the query raised. Deputy O’Dea states that Minister Donnelly made a recent statement regarding a 20% reduction in emergency department attendance figures in 2023 when compared to 2022. The data available to the Department currently shows that overall emergency department attendances were broadly similar in 2023 and 2022. It must be noted that due to recent industrial action, the attendance figures for both CHI Crumlin and CHI Temple Street are not available for Q4 2023. If the emergency department presentation metric was referred to in error by the Deputy’s PQ, the unit will provide the data on another metric, at site-level, if available. The unit has attempted to contact the Deputy’s office by email and telephone without success to clarify the PQ.
|
Emergency Department Attendances |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Beaumont Hospital |
63,660 |
61,467 |
|
Cavan General Hospital |
37,308 |
37,704 |
|
CHI at Crumlin* |
42,392 |
28,387 |
|
CHI at Tallaght |
36,240 |
33,835 |
|
CHI at Temple Street* |
50,606 |
32,671 |
|
Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown |
50,111 |
50,943 |
|
Cork University Hospital |
72,948 |
78,174 |
|
Letterkenny University Hospital |
47,667 |
52,714 |
|
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital |
99,035 |
96,217 |
|
Mayo University Hospital |
38,332 |
39,860 |
|
Mercy University Hospital |
41,876 |
32,489 |
|
Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise |
42,417 |
42,686 |
|
Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore |
39,407 |
41,594 |
|
Naas General Hospital |
29,595 |
31,227 |
|
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda |
69,703 |
71,133 |
|
Our Lady's Hospital, Navan |
25,216 |
24,907 |
|
Portiuncula University Hospital |
29,700 |
30,360 |
|
Regional Hospital Mullingar |
41,578 |
42,479 |
|
Sligo University Hospital |
43,805 |
44,074 |
|
St. James's Hospital |
52,825 |
54,867 |
|
St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny |
45,143 |
47,910 |
|
St. Vincent's University Hospital |
62,089 |
62,930 |
|
Tallaght University Hospital |
52,414 |
55,476 |
|
Tipperary University Hospital |
33,499 |
34,792 |
|
University Hospital Galway |
75,524 |
75,597 |
|
University Hospital Kerry |
39,029 |
41,774 |
|
University Hospital Limerick |
79,784 |
80,000 |
|
University Hospital Waterford |
62,736 |
71,759 |
|
Wexford General Hospital |
48,082 |
37,275 |
|
National |
1,452,721 |
1,435,301 |
|
*Incomplete data for 2023 |
