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Ms Claire Sugden: Assembly records
All of Ms Claire Sugden’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any safeguards that are in place to minimise the need for applicants with psychological injuries to repeatedly recount traumatic experiences during the assessment and determination of applications to the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any weight given by Capita to psychiatric reports and diagnoses provided by applicants to the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme; and the circumstances in which its assessment may differ from the conclusions of an applicant's treating clinician.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any way in which the Victims’ Payments Board verifies the presence of former members of the Armed Forces at Troubles-related incidents where no contemporaneous police record exists of their attendance.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients attending Causeway Hospital Emergency Department who were referred by (i) a GP; (ii) GP Out of Hours; (iii) the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service; and (iv) another health and social care service, in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any analysis undertaken of the reasons for the increase in attendances at Causeway Hospital Emergency Department, including the extent to which this is attributable to changes in access to other health and social care services.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any urgent and same-day care services in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust that can be accessed directly by patients, without first attending an Emergency Department, including the referral pathway for each service.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the implementation of the commitment, under the Review of Urgent and Emergency Care Services, to develop a regional model of telephone triage for patients requiring urgent but non-life-threatening care.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the rationale as to why the Phone First service will be withdrawn in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust; (ii) any evidence used to inform this decision; and (iii) how the decision aligns with his Department's strategic priorities for urgent and emergency care.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail how their Department recognises and takes account of the contribution older people make to Northern Ireland, including through (i) caring responsibilities; (ii) volunteering; and (iii) participation in community life.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any assessment that has been made of how Northern Ireland's changing age profile should inform long-term planning and investment in public services.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail how outcomes for older people are being measured within the Programme for Government, including how their Department will assess whether older people's quality of life has improved during the current mandate.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the additional demand that an ageing population will place on (i) domiciliary care; (ii) community health services; (iii) primary care; and (iv) hospital services, in the next ten years, including how this is informing workforce and service planning.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline any action she is taking to address speeding and improve road safety, particularly on rural roads, in East Londonderry.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any action his Department is taking to support older people to remain independent, active and connected within their communities as they age.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of financial hardship among people of state pension age who are not entitled to means-tested benefits.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assessment his Department has made of fuel poverty among people of state pension age who are not entitled to means-tested benefits.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assessment his Department has made of the risk of poverty among older women with limited occupational or private pension provision as a result of periods spent undertaking unpaid caring responsibilities.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any measures his Department provides to support people of state pension age who are experiencing financial hardship but are not entitled to means-tested benefits
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people of state pension age whose weekly income exceeds the qualifying level for Pension Credit by (i) less than £5; (ii) £5 to £10; and (iii) £10 to £20.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of dental practices in East Londonderry that are currently accepting new National Health Service patients, broken down by (i) adults; and (ii) children.
To ask the Minister of Health, following the publication of the General Dental Services in Northern Ireland Cost of Service Review, to detail any action he will take to ensure dentists are adequately remunerated for providing National Health Service treatment.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any assessment his Department has made of the impact of the current level of remuneration for National Health Service dentistry on (i) the number of dentists providing National Health Service treatment; and (ii) patient access to dental services.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any action he is taking to improve access to National Health Service dentists for people who are unable to find a practice that is accepting new patients.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any action he is taking to prevent further dental practices from reducing or withdrawing National Health Service dental provision.
I thank the Member. I understand why people are asking about the wording and how it could be relied upon as a statutory definition or recognition of self-declared gender identity. I do not think that that is the policy objective of the Bill, but there is uncertainty there. The Bill sponsor needs the law to protect…