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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 whether he has any plans to give adult safeguarding equivalent status to child protection, including making it a delegated statutory function.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of (i) the references in the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry report to fears over raising concerns within the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, including the potential for retaliation and feeling intimidated or discouraged from speaking out; and…
To ask the Minister of Health whether references in the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Public Inquiry report regarding assessing capacity and the current hybrid legal framework will cause any reconsideration to bringing forward for implementation of additional elements of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of; and (ii) proportion of, service users with learning disability who are currently in receipt of support from (a) a psychologist; (b) speech and language therapy; (c) occupational therapy; (d) podiatry; and (e) a dietitian, broken down by Health and Social Care…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any issues contained within the current principal risk register of (i) his Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of reports of abuse by a staff member on service users, in each of the last five years, broken down by mental health or learning disability facility.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of occurrences of seclusion being used, in each of the last ten years, broken down by mental health or learning disability facility.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of occurrences of whistleblowing in each arm's-length body of his Department, in each year since 2022.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the rationale for the number of folders containing required information that were found to be missing in Building Services Research and Intelligence Association’s February 2025 Operations and Maintenance manual compliance check for handover of the new Maternity Hospital in…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the rationale for how percentage alignment with industry-published guidelines in Building Services Research and Intelligence Association’s February 2025 Operations and Maintenance manual compliance check was so low for handover of the new Maternity Hospital in Belfast; and…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the proportion of the £50 million allocated for waiting list backlog clearance that was spent on clinical appointments, procedures, and investigations; and (ii) the overall figure for the remainder, broken down by what it comprises.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the amount of the £85 million allocated for red flag and time critical cases that was spent on clinical appointments, procedures and investigations; and (ii) the overall figure for the remainder, broken down by what it comprises of.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the five quarters with the longest average median wait time for patients being admitted from Emergency Departments, since these figures have been recorded.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the five quarters with the lowest figures for (i) four hour; and (ii) 12 hour Emergency Department performances, since the present targets have been in place.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the findings of the STAMPEDE trial into the impact of abiraterone on reducing the risk of recurrent prostatic cancer, and death.
Thank you to those in the Chamber and those in the Public Gallery whose human experiences are the nub of the debate. Too often, we deal in just statistics, but those are real people, real families and real lives. It is now anticipated that more than eight out of 10 couples in which the woman is under 40 will conceive…
Thank you, Minister. This is undoubtedly a worrying time for patients. Out of a population of around 1·8 million, over half a million people are waiting for a first-time consultant appointment. Only 5% of women who have a suspicious breast lump are seen within the appropriate time. Today, therefore, I want to give a…
Thank you, Minister. I appreciate the fact that you are announcing progress on King's Park Primary School, but it is one of the larger schools in the Lurgan area and is a very vibrant school, and many people are a little perturbed by the length of time that these processes take. Will you agree to meet EA, the school…
Thank you, Minister. The Muckamore inquiry report demonstrates a shameful period for our health service, and no one involved can, in any shape or form, come out of this with any kind of credibility. In your statement this morning, we have an apology, but it lacks detail about the specific actions that you will take to…
Once again, I will speak in the House about puberty blockers and the nationwide trial run by King's College. I now understand that the Government will issue new guidance that will allow such a trial to go ahead. It is very concerning that the new guidance will potentially allow young girls aged 11, so still at primary…
Industrial Action by Doctors To ask the Minister of Health to outline the steps he is taking to mitigate the impact of impending industrial action by specialist, associate specialist and speciality grade doctors across Northern Ireland on health and care services, including waiting lists.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the (i) One Wales Medicines Assessment Group; (ii) National Cancer Medicines Advisory Group in Scotland; and (iii) Clinical Priorities Advisory Group in England.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the amount by which unit costs of hospital care have risen, since 2016, including how this figure compares with England.