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EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
eD preSentationS riSinG
97,414 people presented to our ED in 2016-17.
1% decrease on the previous year but a 10% increase compared to five years ago
Although the number of presentations has decreased this year the overall acuity of the patients has increased.
269 patients
per day presented on average
We saw record numbers on 19 June 2017 with some
331 people presenting to the eD
10%
over past 5 years
JUNE
19
hiGher aCuitY
2016-17 the breakdown of presentations to our ED was RESUSCITATION (ATS cATegory 1)
EMERGENCY (ATS cATegory 2)
URGENT (ATS cATegory 3)
SEMI-URGENT (ATS cATegory 4)
NON-URGENT (ATS cATegory 5) * Compared to the previous year
some 53% of people presented
as category 1, 2 & 3 during 2016-17 compared to only 47% back in 2011-12.
some 47% of our ed presentations
were category 4-5 during 2016-17 compared to 53% back in 2011-12.
7% INCREASE*
2% INCREASE*
4% INCREASE*
6% DECREASE*
16% DECREASE*
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