8 May 2023
M Leathart
[FYI request #22073 email]
Tēnā koe,
Official information request HNZ00013432
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to Manatū Hauora, the
Ministry of Health on 12 March 2023. Your request was transferred in full to Te Whatu Ora - Health
New Zealand on 14 March 2023 as the information is more closely connected with the functions of
our agencies. You requested:
“I have been hearing a lot about the long wait times etc at Accident and
Emergency (A&E) departments in hospitals in New Zealand.
I am aware some of this is due to insufficient staff, as reported on the news.
What I would like to know is what are the figures for the last 5 years on the
numbers of people turning up at A&E departments in the different health boards
in New Zealand?
If you could do totals on a yearly basis that would be great.”
The below table provides the number of presentations to emergency departments by district health
board for the last five financial years:
District
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
Auckland
106,099 108,857 98,071 103,744 97,716
Bay of Plenty
77,771 80,290 74,155 78,581 76,079
Canterbury
105,840 106,926 103,115 119,624 123,100
Capital and Coast
58,234 57,821 59,467 62,857 60,188
Counties Manukau
113,773 117,831 105,135 110,071 96,504
Hawke's Bay
49,400 50,579 46,745 50,406 48,027
Hutt Valley
47,968 49,889 46,059 50,205 48,539
Lakes
49,878 49,756 46,442 50,078 48,572
MidCentral
38,530 43,939 42,997 46,472 44,039
Nelson Marlborough 45,069 46,695 43,288 47,748 48,168
Northland
50,990 52,737 50,080 54,417 56,040
South Canterbury
20,405 20,775 19,474 20,705 20,019
Southern
98,793 101,690 97,291 104,431 102,939
Tairawhiti
19,268 20,658 20,101 22,682 23,102
Taranaki
48,825 49,153 46,114 48,684 47,266
Waikato
122,316 126,891 121,846 124,916 121,821
Wairarapa
16,933 17,713 12,732 16,364 16,615
Waitemata
99,560 100,588 93,308 99,068 94,298
West Coast
15,758 15,655 14,443 13,984 10,378
Whanganui
23,746 19,346 19,766 20,986 20,504
Grand Total
1,209,156 1,237,789 1,160,629 1,246,023 1,205,914
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Nāku iti noa, nā
Kieran Houser
Group Manager
Hospital and Specialist Services
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
