AQW 1076/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients at Causeway Hospital that have had travel to other locations to access MRI facilities in each of the last five years.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 7 June 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 7 June 2022
- Answer due by
- 22 June 2022
- Answered
- 14 June 20227 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The number of patients at Causeway Hospital that have had to travel to other locations to access MRI facilities in each of the last five years is detailed in the table below:
| Year | Referrals |
| 2017/18 | 343 |
| 2018/19 | 452 |
| 2019/20 | 532 |
| 2020/21 | 736 |
| 2021/22 | 849 |
Source: Northern Health and Social Care Trust