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  • Emergency care waiting times

    Topics:
    • DoH Statistics and Research, 
    • Emergency care statistics, 
    • Hospital waiting times statistics

    Information is detailed below on the time spent waiting in emergency care departments in Northern Ireland for both new and unplanned review attendances. It reports on the performance of health and social care trusts and hospitals against the ministerial target for emergency care departments in Northern Ireland.

    Current quarter

    Publication

    • Northern Ireland waiting time statistics: emergency care waiting times January - March 2025
    • Impact of COVID-19 on emergency waiting times

    Previous quarter

    • Northern Ireland waiting time statistics: emergency care waiting times October - December 2024
    • Northern Ireland waiting time statistics: emergency care waiting times July - September 2024
    • Northern Ireland waiting time statistics: emergency care waiting times April - June 2024

    For older publications, please visit the publications search on our website.

    Further information

    • Emergency care waiting times – additional guidance
    • Quality report for emergency care waiting times statistics
    • Emergency care activity returns and guidance
    • Contextual information for using hospital statistics

    For further information contact us

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