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| Antrim Area Hospital A&E failing to meet targets | Antrim Area Hospital A&E failing to meet targets |
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| The A&E department at Antrim Area Hospital is still not meeting its targets, according to figures obtained by the BBC | |
| They show regular breaches of waiting time targets. Last week, 100 patients waited 12 hours or more before receiving treatment. | |
| There was another major spike in waiting times from 5 to 11 January when 132 people waited 12 hours or more. | |
| The trust has apologised to anyone who "had a bad experience". | |
| In December, the chairman of the Northern Health Trust, Jim Stewart, was sacked by Health Minister Edwin Poots after targets for the A&E department were not met. | In December, the chairman of the Northern Health Trust, Jim Stewart, was sacked by Health Minister Edwin Poots after targets for the A&E department were not met. |
| The minister then brought in experts from England to support the team in an attempt to boost the unit's performance. | The minister then brought in experts from England to support the team in an attempt to boost the unit's performance. |
| In a statement, the trust said it had introduced a range of measures to improve access to unscheduled care. | |
| It added: "It has taken a whole system approach, meaning all activity is not solely focused on the emergency department, but on improving patient flow throughout the hospital to create capacity for emergency department admissions. | |
| "This has resulted in a 40% decrease in the number of patients waiting 12 hours for admission to hospital compared to this period of time last year." |