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  • Unscheduled care service pressures – Discharge Rates for Patients who are Medically fit - Monday 16 October 2023 to Sunday 29 October 2023

    Measure

    Simple Discharges -

    Patient discharged within 4 hours of declared medically fit

    Complex Discharges -

    Patient discharged within 48 hours of declared medically fit

    Trust

    Hospital

    % of Simple Hospital Discharges within 4hrs

    % of Complex Hospital Discharges within 48hrs

    Belfast

    Mater Infirmorum

    90%

    80%

    Belfast

    Royal Victoria Hospital

    88%

    80%

    Belfast

    Belfast Total

    88%

    80%

    Northern

    Antrim Area Hospital

    77%

    50%

    Northern

    Causeway Hospital

    59%

    53%

    Northern

    Northern Total

    71%

    50%

    South Eastern

    Ulster Hospital

    65%

    29%

    South Eastern

    South Eastern Total

    65%

    29%

    Southern

    Craigavon Hospital

    71%

    37%

    Southern

    Daisy Hill Hospital

    76%

    45%

    Southern

    Southern Total

    73%

    39%

    Western

    Altnagelvin Hospital

    89%

    56%

    Western

    South West Acute Hospital

    83%

    36%

    Western

    Western Total

    88%

    52%

    Regional Position

    Regional Total

    78%

    54%

    Measure

    Average Weekend discharges as a % of average Weekday discharges

    Trust

    Hospital

    Weekend Simple Discharges %

    Weekend Complex Discharges %

    Belfast

    Mater Infirmorum

    31%

    23%

    Belfast

    Royal Victoria Hospital

    64%

    22%

    Belfast

    Belfast Total

    59%

    22%

    Northern

    Antrim Area Hospital

    59%

    55%

    Northern

    Causeway Hospital

    50%

    16%

    Northern

    Northern Total

    56%

    51%

    South Eastern

    Ulster Hospital

    51%

    36%

    South Eastern

    South East Total

    51%

    36%

    Southern

    Craigavon Hospital

    37%

    4%

    Southern

    Daisy Hill Hospital

    29%

    28%

    Southern

    Southern Total

    34%

    10%

    Western

    Altnagelvin Hospital

    53%

    22%

    Western

    South West Acute Hospital

    11%

    0%

    Western

    Western Total

    45%

    16%

    Regional Position

    Regional Total

    50%

    29%

    A discharge is regarded as complex when it can only take place following the implementation of significant home based or other community-based services (including residential or nursing home services) or requires the installation of adaptations/provision of specialist equipment. Simple discharges are those not regarded as complex.

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