Mr Poots could be referring to the ongoing attempts by civil servants and some commissioners to cut the number of accident and emergency units in Belfast.
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From 1992 to 2001 the number of accident suits filed in 17 states representing 53% of the U.S. population fell 14%, while the actual number of accidents rose.
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The number of accident and emergency departments remains controversial.
Whiplash claims have continued to rise despite a drop in the number of road accident injuries, a body that represents actuaries has said.
The number of people treated in accident and emergency at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre has increased by 7% in the past three months.
Xinhua reported that an excavator fell off a 300-meter cliff on the way to Baoxing on Sunday morning, but the number of casualties from that accident were still unknown.
There was confusion over the number of passengers on board the ferry at the time of the accident.
The accident investigators made a number of recommendations, including that Clydeport appoint someone as "designated person" under the Port Marine Safety Code.
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Allison Williams, chief executive of Cwm Taf Health Board, said there had been a rise in demand and a "large number of very ill patients are being brought to our accident and emergency departments".
Danny, who lost his right arm in a car accident, is one of the increasing number of Paralympians competing in able-bodied athletics.
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Additional considerations must be made for traffic volume, accident history in the particular location, number of lanes and other road conditions, such as the presence of hills and curves.
In his role as Costa's chairman, he will continue to oversee the company's government relations and matters related to the Costa Concordia accident, and he will spearhead a number of strategic projects, the company said.
Sheriff Alasdair MacFadyen published his findings in 2009, saying that a number of precautions could have been taken which would have avoided the accident or prevented Kaylee's death.
We're still trying to establish the precise number, but as you can imagine, this accident took place just within the last couple of hours.
The ESC's studies also included fire and accident trends from the Department of Communities and Local Government and data on the number of high risk electrical items in homes from the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
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One set of clients, she reports, finally decided if they died together (say, in an auto accident) on a date with an even number, the child would be raised by one set of grandparents, and if they died on an odd-numbered date, by the other.
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