Claim: More than a quarter of the population of Northern Ireland is waiting for an inpatient or outpatient appointment.
Fact-check: Are over one in four people in NI on a hospital waiting list? - FactCheckNI
Verdict: figures from the department of health  suggest that roughly 545k total cases are on inpatient or outpatient waiting lists. 545k people would be more than one in four of the population of ni – but waiting lists count cases not individuals and a person may be on more than one list. doh holds no data on the total number of individuals who are on hospital waiting lists. officials hope the health service's ongoing shift to digital records will provide this information in future.
Organisation: FactCheckNI
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Date published: 2024-01-18T00:00:00