Breakdown of number of patients attended to by junior medical staff in both emergency departments
| Total number of patients attending emergency department | Actual number seen by junior trainees (% of total) | Predicted number to be seen by junior trainees* (number of trainees) | % of predicted number seen by junior trainees | % of patients seen purely by senior clinicians or ENPs | ||
| Ninewells | Aug 04–July 05 | 48204 | 31055 (64.42%) | 36000 (12) | 86.26% | 35.58% |
| Aug 05–July 06 | 48746 | 31589 (64.80%) | 36000 (12) | 87.75% | 35.20% | |
| Aug 06 – July 07 | 48044 | 29414 (61.22%) | 36000 (12) | 81.71% | 38.78% | |
| PRI | Aug 04–July 05 | 25172 | 18119 (71.98%) | 18000 (6) | 100.66% | 28.02% |
| Aug 05–July 06 | 25159 | 15647 (62.19%) | 18000 (6) | 86.93% | 37.81% | |
| Aug 06–July 07 | 24789 | 17785 (71.75%) | 24000 (8) | 74.10% | 28.25% | |
| Both | Aug 04–July 05 | 73376 | 49174 (67.02%) | 54000 (18) | 91.06% | 32.98% |
| Aug 05–July 06 | 73905 | 47236 (63.91%) | 54000 (18) | 87.47% | 36.09% | |
| Aug 06–July 07 | 72833 | 47199 (64.80%) | 60000 (20) | 78.67% | 35.20% |
↵* Based on recommended figures in “The Way Ahead”, 2005.7