The information was released in the Bureau of Health Information's latest Healthcare Quarterly report, showing activity and performance for NSW public hospital and ambulance services during the April to June 2021, quarter.

BHI Chief Executive Dr Diane Watson said the results showed demand for healthcare services in April to June 2021 rose above pre-pandemic levels across many key measures.

"As activity increased before the current lockdown, emergency department and ambulance patients tended to wait longer for their care than they did before the arrival of COVID-19," Dr Watson said.

In Orange, there were 8758 emergency department presentations in that period signalling a a 21.1 per cent increase on the same period last year.

Of those presentations, 2059 arrived by ambulance, 437 more than in the same 2020 quarter, and 86 per cent of them were transferred to emergency department staff within 30 minutes.

The figures also showed a 33.4 per cent increase in urgent presentations, a 40.1 per cent increase in sem-urgent, and a 9.2 per cent increase in non-urgent.

However, there were 70 presentations for resuscitation, which was a 28.6 per cent decrease on last year, and there was a 4.7 per cent decrease in the next most serious emergency category with 983.

Of those emergency presentations, 86.6 per cent were treated on time, as were 65.8 per cent of urgent presentations, 70.4 per cent of semi-urgent, and 87.2 per cent of non-urgent.

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