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 (i) any consideration that has been given; and (ii) any work that has taken place, towards establishing a process to consider treatments which fall outside the scope of the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence system.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any information his Department holds on the amount by which the overall cost of Northern Ireland’s (i) elective; (ii) non-elective; and (iii) outpatient, activity exceeds that of England, for an equivalent cohort of patients, in the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of excess bed days, in each of the last ten years, including how this compared with other parts of the United Kingdom.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any increase in the per capita spend on health since 2002-03, including how this compares with other parts of the United Kingdom.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the per capita public spend on social care across all age groups, including how this compares with other parts of the United Kingdom.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of excess bed days, in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) hospital; and (ii) Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any increase in public spending on social care across all age groups, since 2016-17, including how that compares with other parts of the United Kingdom.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on (i) any cost of payments made by the by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust to the contractor for the new Children’s Hospital for adjustments or variations to the works (ii) details of the work required (iii) the total of any outstanding payments for adjustments or…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the percentage alignment with industry-published guidelines; and (ii) the proportion of folders containing required information, that were found to be missing in the Building Services Research and Intelligence Association's February 2025 Operations and Maintenance manual…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of water outlets in the new Belfast Maternity Hospital (i) that were not tested for Pseudomonas at handover; and (ii) had not ever been tested for Pseudomonas, by 1 June 2026.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether he is aware that the regional paediatric renal service at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children has never had a full-time dedicated paediatric renal dietetics service; and (ii) to detail any plans to implement a fully funded full-time service.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of (i) living; and (ii) deceased, donor transplant operations that have been carried out, in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the September 2022 Nuffield Trust report Future funding and current productivity in Northern Ireland’s health and social care system, which states that Northern Ireland spends 25 per cent more on elective inpatient care than the same mix of treatments in England, whether…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of occasions that patient case records have been inappropriately accessed, in each of the last five years, broken down by health organisation; and (ii) any actions taken against the individuals responsible, in each case.
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to 52 per cent greater health care costs in Northern Ireland compared to England determined by HM Treasury’s June 2026 Open Book Review, to detail the proportion that can be accounted for by functions that are provided by local government in England.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps he plans to take to reduce Health and Social Care Trust costs, given HM Treasury’s June 2026 Open Book Review that concluded costs for health services are 52 per cent greater than for health trusts in England.
I know that many healthcare professionals value Encompass for how they can access patient records much more easily. Is there a central policy document to protect healthcare professionals in scenarios in which they access Encompass, or is that something for which individual trusts are responsible?
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline any planning she has carried out in conjunction with Translink to lessen the impact of any cuts to services, given the warnings that her decision to freeze fares could reduce public transport services.
I do not think that anyone can doubt that this is a good news day, particularly given the investments that you have announced for the Department of Health. While the money is welcome and very much needed, I would warn that, without sustainability in the pharmacy sector, we will have a continuing problem. How do you…