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Rheumatology locum cost

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WQ.131/2022

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES

BY SENATOR K.L. MOORE

QUESTION SUBMITTED ON TUESDAY 19th APRIL 2022

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 26th APRIL 2022

Question

"Will the Minister advise the Assembly of the cost of using rheumatology locums over the last year, and of the number of patients seen in the Rheumatology Department per week during the same period?"

Answer

In the last year, since April 2021, there has been 1 locum in the Rheumatology Department who started on 14 February 2022. The total cost to the end of March was £44,500.

The table below shows the count of unique patients attending a Rheumatology outpatient appointment per week and the total count of appointments attended per week.

Date Range:  5th April 2021 – 27th March 2022

 

Week Commencing*

Patient Count

Appointments Attended Count

05/04/2021*

68

75

12/04/2021

58

66

19/04/2021

68

75

26/04/2021

76

86

03/05/2021*

43

46

10/05/2021

89

96

17/05/2021

70

80

24/05/2021

52

59

31/05/2021*

56

61

07/06/2021

42

45

14/06/2021

55

59

21/06/2021

71

83

28/06/2021

43

48

05/07/2021

40

42

12/07/2021

47

53

19/07/2021

76

78

26/07/2021

64

68

02/08/2021

40

43

09/08/2021

66

69

16/08/2021

66

68

23/08/2021

33

38

30/08/2021*

64

66

06/09/2021

76

83

13/09/2021

56

63

20/09/2021

54

65

27/09/2021*

46

50

 

04/10/2021

66

70

11/10/2021

64

73

18/10/2021

76

86

25/10/2021

84

91

01/11/2021

67

73

08/11/2021

47

51

15/11/2021

40

46

22/11/2021

62

73

29/11/2021

74

83

06/12/2021

87

90

13/12/2021

45

48

20/12/2021

36

38

27/12/2021*

35

36

03/01/2022*

71

72

10/01/2022

61

66

17/01/2022

85

89

24/01/2022

54

60

31/01/2022

74

85

07/02/2022

83

89

14/02/2022

146

153

21/02/2022

143

151

28/02/2022

130

136

07/03/2022

140

150

14/03/2022

123

132

21/03/2022

136

148

Data Source: Hospital Patient Administration System (TrakCare, Report BKG1A)

*Indicates this was not a full working week.

The table below shows the average, minimum and maximum number of appointments attended per week over the period.

 

Average Weekly Appointment Count

Minimum Weekly Appointment Count

Maximum Weekly Appointment Count

76

36

153

Data Source: Hospital Patient Administration System (TrakCare, Report BKG1A)