All of Mrs Diane Dodds’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 what consideration has been given to relocating patients (i) in other areas of the Royal Victoria Hospital; and (ii) in other hospital sites, following fire safety concerns raised by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service.
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the impact of taking action to respond to fire safety concerns raised by Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service will have on the numbers of (i) acute admissions; and (ii) elective activity, at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
I must say that everyone in the Chamber shares your frustration, Minister. You say that it will be another 28 months, and it is already 15 months since the handover of that building, so we share your frustration. I will turn your attention to another issue relating to the Belfast Trust, Minister. Can you explain to…
Fire Safety at Royal Victoria Hospital To ask the Minister for Health what urgent actions he has taken in response to the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service’s most recent assessment of the fire safety risk at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital.
Thank you, Minister, for your statement. Like others, I thank Alma and all those involved in the campaign. Like me, they will have mixed emotions about the statement. We are interested in some of the things that are the responsibility of the Department for the Economy, but we realise that there is a whole swathe of…
Fire Safety at Royal Victoria Hospital To ask the Minister of Health what immediate action has been To ask the Minister for Health what urgent actions he has taken in response to the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service’s most recent assessment of the fire safety risk at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail when (i) the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust; (ii) the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Board; (iii) his Department; and (iv) he, was first informed of Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service concerns over fire safety at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) to outline the information on which the Chairman of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust based his assessment to the Committee for Health on 12 June 2025 that the best advice he had at that stage regarding the new Maternity Hospital was that Option 2 was the safest option; and…
To ask the Minister of Health to provide a timeline of Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service contact with the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in the last five years regarding inadequacies in achieving fire safety requirements at its facilities.
To ask the Minister of Health whether the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service has raised safety concerns about the Royal Victoria Hospital other than regarding access to fire exits.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any dates in the last five years when the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service have reported fire safety concerns following inspections of facilities of (i) his Department; and (ii) its arm's-length bodies, including actions which were taken in response.
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the challenges faced by community pharmacy owners when paying medicine wholesale invoices and any associated risks to the supply chain.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of BMA research into concerns about the practice of physician associates released on 03 April 2025; (ii) what actions he has taken as a result; and (iii) whether he has requested that any interim safety measures are put in place until the Leng Review reports.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of GP trainees appointed from (i) Northern Ireland; (ii) Great Britain; (iii) the Republic of Ireland; and (iv) elsewhere, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail what actions he is taking to maximise the likelihood of GP trainees establishing long-term careers in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the average length of time taken to bring a case relating to serious violence against women and girls to court in the last ten years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of grievances within (i) his Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies which (a) have been concluded in the last year; and (ii) remain ongoing.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the finding in the March 2024 Northern Ireland Audit Office report on Access to General Practice that there are no formal standards or targets of performance in terms of access to services including, time taken to answer calls, triage turnaround, timely access to…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) on what date he became aware of the Northern Ireland Audit Office report Access to General Practice in Northern Ireland finding that the current contract does not provide the Department with the ability to effectively performance manage GP practices; and (ii) what actions he…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the average number of hours per week in a care package in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of how Care Quality Commission inspection and regulation of general practitioners compares with the position in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline (i) when did (a) he; (b) his Department; and (c) the board of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, first become aware of difficulties within the cardiac surgery team; and (ii) what actions were taken.
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of whether it would be appropriate for the new regional Maternity Hospital to become operational while Pseudomonas is present.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any contracts; and (ii) other arrangements, health organisations in Northern Ireland have with Children's Health Ireland.