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Mrs Diane Dodds: Assembly records
All of Mrs Diane Dodds’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail when (i) the Southern Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT); (ii) his Department; (iii) the Minister; (iv) the Public Health Agency (v) Health and Social Care Board; and (vi) the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority, first became aware of concerns over the performance of…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail every Director-level and Chief Operating Officer post within the Strategic Planning and Performance Group, including (i) job title; (ii) salary band; (iii) substantive or temporary status; and (iv) the annual cost to the public purse including (a) salary; (b) employer pension…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the total cumulative cost to the public purse of (i) all Band 8D posts; (ii) all Director-level posts; and (iii) the Chief Operating Officer post, within the Strategic Planning and Performance Group, including (a) salary; (b) employer pension contributions; (c) National…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the combined total expenditure on all (i) Band 8D; (ii) Director-level; and (iii) Chief Operating Officer, posts within the Strategic Planning and Performance Group (SPPG), including the percentage of SPPG’s overall staffing budget this represented, during 2025-26.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether any assessment has been made of whether the expenditure on Band 8D, Director-level and Chief Operating Officer posts within the Strategic Planning and Performance Group represents value for money; and (ii) to detail any measurable improvements in health service performance…
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the current number of Band 8D posts within Strategic Planning and Performance Group in relation to value for money, given trends in waiting lists, waiting times, service performance and financial pressures across health and social care.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any changes in (i) waiting lists; (iI) waiting times; and (iii) financial deficits, across health and social care services during the same period in which expenditure on Band 8D posts within Strategic Planning and Performance Group increased.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the outcome of any benchmarking exercise that has been undertaken comparing the number of Band 8D posts in Strategic Planning and Performance Group against equivalent commissioning, planning or performance management organisations elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the ratio of Band 8D posts to total staff employed in Strategic Planning and Performance Group, in each financial year since its establishment.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any increase in expenditure on Band 8D posts in Strategic Planning and Performance Group, since its establishment, as both a cash increase, and percentage increase.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of Band 8D posts have been created within the Strategic Planning and Performance Group since its establishment, including the business case used to justify each post.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the current job titles of all Band 8D posts within the Strategic Planning and Performance Group, including whether each post is substantive, temporary, acting-up or seconded.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the total cost to the public purse of Band 8D posts within the Strategic Planning and Performance Group, in each financial year since its establishment, including (i) salary; (ii) employer National Insurance contributions; (iii) employer pension contributions; and (iv) any other…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the salary expenditure on Agenda for Change Band 8D posts within the Strategic Planning and Performance Group, in each financial year since its establishment.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of Agenda for Change Band 8D posts within the Strategic Planning and Performance Group, on 1 April in each year since it was established, broken down into (i) substantive; (ii) temporary; (ii) secondment; and (iv) acting-up appointments.
— that is the same across the UK and across the world. What can be done to make sure that women are seen in a timely manner and that that wait of seven, eight or nine weeks is done away with?
Minister, that is a brilliant segue into the question that I will ask. Just over 5% of women who are now seen within the 14-day target for a suspected breast cancer in Northern Ireland. That has happened since the list was regionalised. I get the fact that cancer cases are rising, but —
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the dates of any (i) reviews; and (ii) updates, of the Framework Document, detailing the roles and relationships of health and social care bodies.
To ask the Minister of Health, in light of the reference in the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry report to a lack of clinical and social care governance skills on Health and Social Care Trust (HSCT) Boards, whether any consideration will be given to removing or reducing the bar on professionals employed by HSCTs…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any evidence available that counters the issues expressed in the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry report over whether the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has the capacity to change its ways independently.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been of the references in the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry report to (i) the adversarial and oppositional approach adopted by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) correspondence from Trust lawyers frequently being confrontational.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps he is taking to improve the level of clinical and social care governance skills on Health and Social Care Trust Boards, as detailed in the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry report.
To ask the Minister of Health whether the references in the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry report in relation to the current version of the Adult Protection Bill will cause any consideration to reconsider its content, including bringing forward amendments.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the finding of the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry report that the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has prioritised process over outcomes.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the assertion in the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry report that the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Board's position has been characterised by an over-reliance on reassurance from senior Executives, including how this can be avoided across…