Unscheduled care service pressures – Discharge Rates for Patients who are Medically fit - Monday 25 December 2023 - Sunday 7 January 2024

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

89% 62%

Belfast

Royal Victoria Hospital

92% 76%

Belfast

Belfast Total

91% 73%

Northern

Antrim Area Hospital

83% 54%

Northern

Causeway Hospital

73% 54%

Northern

Northern Total

81% 54%

South Eastern

Ulster Hospital

   

South Eastern

South Eastern Total

   

Southern

Craigavon Hospital

66% 48%

Southern

Daisy Hill Hospital

77% 63%

Southern

Southern Total

70% 51%

Western

Altnagelvin Hospital

82% 66%

Western

South West Acute Hospital

81% 17%

Western

Western Total

82% 51%

Regional Position

Regional Total

   
 

Measure

Average Weekend discharges as a % of average Weekday discharges

Trust

Hospital

Weekend Simple Discharges %

Weekend Complex Discharges %

Belfast

Mater Infirmorum

28% 65%

Belfast

Royal Victoria Hospital

72% 76%

Belfast

Belfast Total

64% 74%

Northern

Antrim Area Hospital

58% 64%

Northern

Causeway Hospital

63% 136%

Northern

Northern Total

59% 79%

South Eastern

Ulster Hospital

   

South Eastern

South East Total

   

Southern

Craigavon Hospital

66% 21%

Southern

Daisy Hill Hospital

39% 17%

Southern

Southern Total

57% 20%

Western

Altnagelvin Hospital

55% 54%

Western

South West Acute Hospital

41% 50%

Western

Western Total

53% 53%

Regional Position

Regional Total

   

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.

* Please note that due to the current switchover to the new encompass system, figures for South Eastern Trust are currently unavailable.

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