AQW 35971/11-15


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 16/09/2014
Answered On Date: 23/09/2014
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the number of patient referrals made by the Health Service to the North West Private Hospital in Ballykelly, in each of the last five years.


Answer:
The number of patient referrals made by the Health Service to the North West Private Hospital in Ballykelly is not available.
However, information is available on the number of outpatient attendances and inpatient admissions at the North West Private Hospital in Ballykelly. This information is detailed in Tables 1 and 2 below, for each of the last 5 years, broken down by the transferring HSC Trust.
Table 1: Outpatient attendances carried out by the North West Private Hospital in Ballykelly by transferring Trust: 2009/10 – 2013/14.
HSC Trust
Financial Year
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
Belfast
0
872
2,200
3,047
3,438
Northern
1,840
237
110
5,089
4,685
South Eastern
0
0
55
574
1,455
Southern
33
4
156
104
8
Western
5,153
2,313
4,477
4,486
4,452
Northern Ireland
7,026
3,426
6,998
13,300
14,038
Source: HSCB
Table 2: Inpatient admissions at the North West Private Hospital in Ballykelly, by transferring Trust: 2009/10 – 2013/14.
HSC Trust
Financial Year
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
Belfast
219
216
707
811
950
Northern
854
353
385
2,016
1,770
South Eastern
73
0
140
318
633
Southern
23
2
67
27
0
Western
1,722
1,232
2,441
2,749
2,034
Northern Ireland
2,891
1,803
3,740
5,921
5,387
Source: HSCB