Triage categories by percentage for ED presentations for 2014 and 2015; percentages and numbers are of the total presentations for each year
Triage category* | 2014 | 2015 | Totals |
1: Immediate | 0.7 (180) | 0.6 (156) | 336 |
2: Very urgent | 23.4 (5884) | 24.8 (6077) | 11 961 |
3: Urgent | 56.2 (14 060) | 57.0 (13 697) | 27 757 |
4: Standard | 18.5 (4641) | 16.3 (3989) | 8630 |
5: Non-urgent | 0.3 (69) | 0.1 (35) | 104 |
6: Not recorded | 0.9 (233) | 1.2 (287) | 520 |
Total | 25 027 | 24 511 | 49 538 |
*The Manchester Triage System.22