AQW 12532/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people in the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust who exited a waiting list due to accessing private health care, in each of the last three years.
Asked by Connie Egan MLA on 24 May 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 24 May 2024
- Answer due by
- 11 June 2024
- Answered
- 10 June 202417 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
This information is not available centrally in the Department. The South Eastern Trust was asked to provide a response. This is presented in table 1 below.
Table 1. Number of patients who exited a waiting list due to accessing private health care, 2021/2022-2023/2024
| Outpatients | Discharges |
| 2021/2022 | 1064 |
| 2022/2023 | 1155 |
| 2023/2024 (to 8/11/23)* | 786 |
| Inpatient/Day Case | Removals |
| 2021/2022 | 257 |
| 2022/2023 | 375 |
| 2023/2024 (to 8/11/23)* | 210 |
Source: South Eastern HSC Trust
Figures refer to number of patients who exited the waiting list due to accessing private care in the South Eastern Trust over the last three financial years. Figures are separated into Outpatients and Inpatients/Day Case patients. This information is taken from the patient administration system (PAS) and would be as a result of patient validation.
* Due to the roll out of encompass in South Eastern Trust, figures after 8 November 2023 are not currently available.