Hospital procedures in Northern Ireland decrease by 46% for 2020/21
The number of procedures being carried out in Northern Ireland's hospital theatres has decreased by 46 per cent, according to the Department of Health.
There were 59,762 cases across all of the health trusts in 2020/21 compared with 110,605 the previous year. The decrease highlights the massive reduction in work being carried out across the system during the pandemic.The statistics for inpatient, day case and outpatient hospital care are provided by the Department of Health.
They highlight the reduction in medical activity as well as the continued pressure the system and staff are under.Inpatient and day case admissions to hospital also decreased as has the number of hospital beds, which has gone down by 4% between 2016/17 and 2020/21. Coping with the virus means that hospitals have had to change their way of working including applying social distancing regulations, which has reduced the number of patients.
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