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 to detail the number of cardiac surgery procedures carried out in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in (i) January 2025; and (ii) February 2025.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of cardiac surgery procedures carried out in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in (i) 2022; (ii) 2023; and (iii) 2024, broken down by month.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 22327/22-27, to detail the reason for the extent of the increase in the operating expenditure of the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency in the last four years.
Ambulance Handover Times To ask the Minister for Health what actions he will take to improve ambulance handover times in light of the report from the Northern Ireland Audit Office.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any actions he will take to improve ambulance handover times in light of the March 2025 Northern Ireland Audit Office report Ambulance Handovers in Northern Ireland.
I beg to move Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am going to make some important points at the start of my speech, so it is to be regretted that the Minister is not here to hear them. I am sorry, Minister; thank you. It is good to see you. I tabled the motion because I believe that the debate is hugely important not just…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail his initial estimate of the likely costs of additional remedial work required at the Belfast Acute Mental Health Inpatient Centre, beyond the previously documented pipework problems.
To ask the Minister of Health when the Framework Document detailing the roles and relationships of health and social care bodies was last (i) reviewed; and (ii) updated.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the dates of any visits or inspections by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service in relation to accreditation at Health and Social Care Trusts in (i) 2024; and (ii) 2025.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 22327/22-27, for a breakdown of staff costs incurred by the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency in 2023-24.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 22327/ 22-27, to detail the (i) staff costs; and (ii) total operating expenditure for the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency in each of the five years prior to 2019-20.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of out-of-hours (OOH) GP shifts were unfilled at each OOH provider (i) in each of the last three years; and (ii) so far in 2025.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will make a statement on the difficulties that have emerged with the new Acute Mental Health Inpatient Centre, beyond the previously documented pipework problems.
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of whether patients who have been admitted with acute mental illness to the Belfast Acute Mental Health Inpatient Centre are going to be required to be relocated to other sites.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant AQW 22327/22-27, to detail the reasons for the exponential rise in staff costs in the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency between 2019 and 2024.
I will focus my remarks on the health section of the Programme for Government. As a DUP MLA who campaigned in the election on reducing waiting lists, I am glad to see that as a tenet of the Programme for Government. The Health Minister often describes health as a personal issue, and he is right. It is the most real…
Thank you, Minister. It is good to hear about the amount of money that is being invested in that way, because it is being invested on behalf of the most vulnerable people in our community. I hope that you will have a reasonable budget for that. I also hope that you understand the issues with the disabled facilities…
On 22 February, news reports came through that over 70 Christians had been murdered — beheaded — in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to reports from multiple groups that monitor terrorism and persecution, the 70 Christians were beheaded with machetes or other large knives by Islamic militants in the…
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Acute Mental Health Unit To ask the Minister of Health to outline any structural problems, other than the issues with the pipework, in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust’s acute mental health unit.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the structural problems in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust’s acute mental health unit, beyond the pipework issues that the Assembly has already been advised; and (ii) his estimate of the likely remedial costs.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Establishing a Dedicated Treatment and Recovery Centre in the North West”
Establishing a Dedicated Treatment and Recovery Centre in the North West - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘economy;' and insert: ‘notes the importance of early intervention models; calls on the Minister of Health to prioritise the delivery of a fully funded, purpose-built addiction treatment and recovery centre in…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail staff substitution costs for (i) his Department; and (ii) each of his Department's arm's-length bodies in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail hospitality costs for (i) his Department; and (ii) each of his Department's arm's-length bodies in each of the last ten years.