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Mrs. Iris Robinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to his answer of 9 June 2003, Official Report, column 699W, on hospital appointments, how many (a) out-patient attendances,(b) accident and emergency assessments and (c) inpatient admissions there were at hospitals in Northern Ireland during the first quarter of 2002. [121010]
Angela Smith
Information on hospital activity in Northern Ireland during the first quarter of 2002 is detailed in the following table.
| Activity | 1 January 2002 to 31 March 2002 |
| (a) Out-patient Attendances—Patients Seen | 376,565 |
| (b) Accident and Emergency Attendances | 157,746 |
| (c) Normal In-patient Admissions | 80,905 |
| (c) Day Cases Admissions | 34,471 |
| (c) Total In-patient Activity (normal in-patient + day case admissions) | 115,376 |