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Mr Danny Donnelly: Assembly records
All of Mr Danny Donnelly’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Health for a breakdown of the £1.839 million annual funding allocated to the Regional Insulin Pump Service, including the amount directed to (i) the regional multidisciplinary team; (b) Belfast Health and Social Care Trust as the lead provider; and (iii) each of the other Health and Social Care…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) a timeline for the publication and rollout of the type 1 diabetes hybrid closed loop technology implementation plan; and (ii) whether this will ensure equitable access to this new technology for patients across Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the amount spent on the provision of social care for older people, in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) the element of care provided, including care package, nursing home placement, residential home placement or other.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the amount paid to nursing home operators in top-up fees, in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
First, I thank Mr Martin for bringing this important issue for debate here. Last week, during Eating Disorders Awareness Week, I spoke about the issues that we face in Northern Ireland and the campaign led by the eating disorder charity Beat. It focused on the importance of community, which is very relevant to how the…
The problems with patient flow that result in overcrowding in our A&Es and pressure on our Ambulance Service will be solved only by investment in community care services, such as domiciliary care. I am glad to hear that the real living wage will finally be paid to those very important workers in the health service.…
Women’s Health That this Assembly expresses grave concern about the continued healthcare barriers facing women in Northern Ireland; further expresses serious concern that issues including a lack of research and bespoke services are leading to poor health advice, misdiagnosis, delayed or ineffective treatment and worse…
I thank the Member for securing the Adjournment debate. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the potential of the South West Acute Hospital as a genuine cross-border hospital and what that could mean for patients across the island. Like other Members, I have met representatives of the SOAS campaign; I met campaigners…
I note the Minister's apology for the short notice that was given to the Committee and the Committee's disappointment at the lack of time to examine the issue. At its core, the legislation is about workforce sustainability. That is welcome. The Association for the Study of Medical Education identified the core purpose…
First, I acknowledge the constraints that are faced in the budgets. I do not envy the job of any Minister under the current circumstances. However, those who take on the role are taking on a responsibility to make it work as best they can. Unfortunately, too often in Health that has not materialised. We have heard in…
Yesterday marked the beginning of Eating Disorders Awareness Week, led by the eating disorder charity Beat, which has called for a fully funded implementation plan for action 29(d) of the mental health strategy: "Enhance the regional eating disorder service" and for equitable access to intensive community and day…
I rise to raise the issue of ambulance handover times. In January last year, the Minister of Health was called before an urgent meeting of the Health Committee amid sustained pressures on the health service that winter. There, he talked about how his winter preparedness plan for this year would be better. It started…
Thank you, Minister. I want to ask you about that. We were promised that Encompass was going to be data-heavy, with all the bells and whistles available in order to improve services. Are you able to give us a timeline for when that data will be available, when it will be able to be used and when it will be publicly…
Mental health remains one of the greatest health issues affecting Northern Ireland, and it impacts on the most vulnerable in our society. In 2024, its cost was conservatively estimated at £3·4 billion annually by a PAC report. The findings also pointed to the unacceptable state of mental health data in Northern…
Just last week, the Minister's party described Hilary Cass as the UK's pre-eminent expert on these matters. The Minister had so much confidence in her that he commissioned her to assess Northern Ireland's gender identity service's compliance against her original review from 2024. One of the key recommendations of the…
Ambulance Handover Times To ask the Minister of Health to outline why the Winter Preparedness Plan has not resulted in meeting the two-hour target on ambulance handovers.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for their assessment of comments, made by the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland at the 29 January 2026 meeting of the Committee for Health, that the evidence in support of the benefits of the introduction of a Minimum Unit Price for alcohol is irrefutable.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the reason why the Overarching Winter Preparedness Plan 2025-26 has not resulted in meeting the two hour target on ambulance handovers.
Thank you for giving way, Minister. The Minister has highlighted the cost as being £5 million. Has the Minister any idea of the figure for the savings and the potential for those savings to be reinvested in other areas in the health service?
I thank the Member for giving way. Aside from the cost, does she agree that the lack of a 24/7 thrombectomy service results in a moral injury to the staff, who enter their profession in order to save lives, not to see preventable life-changing harm happen to their patients because of the time of day at which they took…
I thank the Opposition for tabling the motion. It is incredibly important, and I suspect that we will hear the same arguments from parties across the Floor. During my career as a nurse in the health service, I have been aware of the horrendous impact that stroke can cause: death, disability, suffering, inability to…