evidence: "In very simple terms, there is strong evidence that indicates that in 2022, 1,434 people died as a result of delays in Northern Ireland’s emergency departments." [...] That section includes the following table, which outlines some of its own findings from its examination of deaths caused by long waits in ED – including the 1,434 figure for Northern Ireland – which it refers to as "excess deaths". [...] The article says that the calculation that led to the central claim in this article – that 1,434 people died in 2022 as a result of delays in ED – was made "[using] what Dr McLaughlin describes as ‘robust’ research on excess deaths".