AQW 43733/11-15


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 16/03/2015
Answered On Date: 09/04/2015
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the expenditure on private ambulances in each Health and Social Care Trust in the last five years.


Answer:
Expenditure on private ambulances in each Health and Social Care Trust in each of the last five years is set out in the table below. The increase in expenditure reflects increases in hospital admissions, attendances, transfers and discharges.
Health & Social Care Trust
2013/14
£k
2012/13
£k
2011/12
£k
2010/11
£k
2009/10
£k
Belfast
290
252
158
126
152
Northern
125
77
22
26
12
South Eastern
555
755
403
292
264
Southern
31
38
31
7
8
Western
215
62
35
8
12
NI Ambulance Service
18
34
2
6
11
Total
1,234
1,218
651
465
459