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Rev. Martin Smyth
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average trolley waits in Daisy Hill Hospital were in (a) November 2002, (b) December 2002 and (c) January 2003. [98261]
Mr. Browne
There were no trolley waits in Daisy Hill Hospital in (a) November 2002, (b) December 2002 or (c) January 2003.
Rev. Martin Smyth
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average trolley wait was in each hospital in Northern Ireland in January. [98262]
Mr. Browne
Trolley wait information is collected by time band. It is therefore not possible to calculate the arithmetic mean length of trolley wait. It is however possible to identify the median or mid point trolley wait.The median length of trolley waits by hospital are provided in the table below.
| Median hours Waiting | Total monthly trolley waits | |
| Altnagelvin | Less than 1 | 7 |
| Antrim | 12–13 | 312 |
| Belfast | 8–9 | 188 |
| Causeway | 13–14 | 152 |
| Craigavon | 17+ | 421 |
| Down | 4-5 | 11 |
| Lagan Valley | 11-12 | 124 |
| Mater | 13-14 | 242 |
| Mid Ulster | 8-9 | 29 |
| Royal Group | 8-9 | 107 |
| Sperrin Lakeland | 2-3 | 29 |
| Ulster | 10-11 | 357 |
| Whiteabbey | 8— | 1 |