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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many regular consultant pain sessions took place at each hospital in the Province in the last period for which figures are available. [196354] Angela Smith: Information on the number of regular pain sessions held is not collected centrally. However, the number of clinics held during 2003-04 in the anaesthetics and pain management specialties are as follows: Number of outpatient clinics held for the anaesthetics specialty by hospital during 2003-04 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Hospital Number of clinics held Causeway hospital 16 Mater Infirmorum 80 N.I. total 96 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of outpatient clinics held for the pain management specialty by hospital during 2003-04 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Hospital Number of clinics held Altnagelvin area 113 Antrim 87 Belfast City 233 Causeway hospital 47 Craigavon area 40 Daisy Hill 76 Erne 76 Musgrave Park 52 South Tyrone 35 Tyrone County 33 Ulster 214 Whiteabbey 12 N.I. total 1,018 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Figures for the anaesthetic and pain management specialties have been provided. The treatment of pain can be classified as either of these specialties according to the contract of the consultant providing the treatment. 2. Data for 2003-04 is provisional and may be subject to change.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

196354; 426 c777-8W;426 c781-2W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Hospitals Medical treatments Northern Ireland Pain

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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