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 analysis his Department has carried out on General Dental Services statistics in relation to the growing shift away from NHS dentistry.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Access to Dental Care”
Access to Dental Care - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘wider health services;’ and insert: 'calls on the Minister of Health to urgently develop, and present, proposals to increase access to dental services and address regional inequalities, alongside consideration of a new oral health strategy to address access to…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients who have been waiting for an outpatient appointment in plastic surgery for more than (i) four years; (ii) eight years; and (iii) ten years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the dates during 2025 when he or his officials have met with General Practitioner representatives to seek to agree new contract arrangements.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients awaiting day case inpatient admission in plastic surgery, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients waiting for a first outpatient appointment in plastic surgery, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 25968/22-27, in relation to the 95th percentile wait times, to detail the current longest waiting time for an outpatient appointment in (i) paediatrics; and (ii) paediatric surgery, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 26373/22-27, to provide a breakdown of the £2.671 million Committees, Councils, Tribunals, Advisory costs in 2023-24.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to to AQW 26068/22-27, in relation to the 95th percentile wait times, to detail the current longest waiting time for admission in (i) paediatrics; and (ii) paediatric surgery, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the current (i) average; and (ii) longest (a) red flag; (b) urgent; and (c) routine waiting times for day case plastic surgery, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 20710/22-27, to outline (i) when the decision was taken to create the post of Director of Strategic Capital Development; and (ii) on what date the post was advertised.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 26373/22-27, to provide a breakdown of the £18.324 million of grants provided by his Department in 2023-24.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail how many plastic surgery (i) appointments; and (ii) day case procedures, have been carried out by the independent sector in each of the last twelve months, broken down by provider.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the current (i) average; and (ii) longest (a) red flag; (b) urgent; and (c) routine, waiting times for an outpatient appointment in plastic surgery, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) how these statistics compare with 1 January 2025.
Like Mr Donnelly, I welcome the Budget, realising that it is not everything that we may have asked for or wanted but that it is a significant platform from which to move forward for our health service. I also welcome the additional £50 million for waiting lists and the ring-fencing of the £215 million. Those are…
The Minister says that he is solution-driven, but the reality for the Minister, and, indeed, for all the rigorous implementers, who seem to be out in force today, is that they cannot provide any solutions. The solutions that they think are the right ones are actually made in Brussels, and we are the rule takers. Is…
I must say, Minister, that making this type of statement in the House is an interesting way to conduct a negotiation. Minister, do you understand how GPs will view this statement, given that your Department spends well over £0·5 billion per year on the administration of health in Northern Ireland? Do you accept that…
Mrs Dodds asked the Minister for Communities, having commended him for bringing to the Executive an anti-poverty strategy that was 18 years in the making and for getting departmental collaboration and agreement, whether he agrees that he will need the support of all his Executive colleagues to make it deliverable and…
That is a significant list. What assessment has the Department made of the impact of AI on the workforce in Northern Ireland, since it is fundamentally changing the way in which we do business and the way we work?
I beg to move Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I welcome the opportunity to debate what, I think, is a hugely important issue for everyone in the Chamber and in Northern Ireland. I submitted the motion last month. It was agreed by the Business Committee and was included in the provisional Order Paper that was circulated…
Thank you, Minister. This is a welcome statement that says all the right things, but, of course, we need to see the plan and how it will be implemented. That is the most important thing. I will rehearse a question that I have asked many times before. The waiting list reduction reimbursement scheme will allow a…