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, pursuant to AQW 15513/22-27, for an update on progress made with manufacturers by the Business Services Organisation to extend the shelf life of personal protective equipment items.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the value of personal protective equipment lost as a result of its expiry date passing in each of the last five years.
I thank those who tabled the motion, and I thank those Members who have spoken for the tone that they have used and the issues that have been raised in the debate. It is good to see the Assembly united and speaking with one voice about the stigma with mental health difficulties. In my few remarks, I want to focus on…
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the value of personal protection equipment held by (i) Business Services Organisation; (ii) Health and Social Care Trusts; and (iii) other health bodies, broken down by expiry year.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of advanced nursing practitioners trained in each year since 2017; and (ii) how the training was funded.
First Minister, the victims of IRA violence will listen carefully to what you have said but will realise that they are hearing the same old platitudes. You could change that today in the Chamber. Given that your party did not cooperate with the Kingsmills inquest, will you call on the Police Ombudsman to release the…
I will briefly put on record my party's support for this move. Reducing period poverty is hugely important in our society. It is important that women and girls not be excluded, either from the workplace — in this case, healthcare workplaces — or from treatment as a result of period poverty. I therefore look forward to…
Mrs Dodds asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, after stating that last Friday marked the 32nd anniversary of the Teebane massacre, when a minibus carrying 14 workmen home from work was blown up, killing eight of them, whether the First Minister, given that she has said that there was no alternative to…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 10676/22-27, to detail the information on ambulance handover times and other metrics that has been made available to the public on his Department’s website since 1 November 2024, including the dates on which the information was provided.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether a cytology slide from smear samples continues to be available for review by a biomedical scientist as back-up to HPV testing; and (ii) how this compares with the position in other parts of the UK.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the impact of additional costs, including National Insurance and National Minimum Wage rises, on general practice, dental practices, hospices and care homes following the Autumn Budget 2024; and (ii) to detail any assistance he is offering.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the clinical negligence costs to (i) his Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies, in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the legal costs incurred by (i) his Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any measures he plans to take to ensure that any contract for the new Children’s Hospital would not be signed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in advance of clarification on whether a significant redesign or addendum to the business case is required.
To ask the Minister of Health whether laboratory accreditation formed any part of the scoring matrix in the process for determining the location of the new regional cervical screening service.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 17487/22-27, to detail any occasions his Department used the Central Procurement Directorate previously for construction works and design.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 19475/22-27, whether he will provide any information available in relation to courier costs for the (i) Southern Health and Social Care Trust; (ii) Northern Health and Social Care Trust; (iii) Western Health and Social Care Trust; and (iv) South Eastern Health and Social…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 18886/22-27, to confirm that no concerns were raised about the medical gas system at any point prior to October 2023.
To ask the Minister of Health what assurances has he sought personally to ensure lessons have been learned from the new Maternity Hospital project, prior to signing contracts for the new Children's Hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of (i) patients waiting for admission to a hospital bed; and (ii) ambulances waiting to hand over patients, at all Emergency Departments on each day since 1 December 2024.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 17609/22-27, following the difficulties at the new Maternity Hospital, whether Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and departmental officials have given consideration to (i) a reduced number of water outlets; and (ii) the ability to isolate off specific sections of the…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 17606/22-27, for his assessment of the effectiveness of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust’s Integrated Governance and Assurance Framework in respect of the new regional Maternity Hospital project.