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Visits and Left Without Being Seen
What's the data showing?
Number of ER visits, including "left without being seen" by health authority from 2018-2019 to 2024-2025.
Data Available via FOI
Detailed data is kept on ER visits, broken down by CTAS (Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale) including number of patients who leave without being seen. A recent FOI request provided us with that data, at a health authority level (not by individual hospitals).
Sources
FOI HTH-2025-50789 [source] - ervisits.csv
Data reveals dramatic spike in patients leaving B.C. emergency rooms without receiving care - Michelle Ghoussob, CBC News, Jul 23/2025