Written question AQW 53770/22-27

Written question by Mr Stephen Dunne on .

MLA
Mr Stephen Dunne
Party at the time
Democratic Unionist Party
Date
5 October 2026
Type
Written question
Assembly reference
AQW 53770/22-27
Department
Department of Health
Business
To the Minister of Health
Assembly identifier
Document 502217

Text

To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the average time taken to obtain a definitive pathological and molecular diagnosis following brain tumour surgery, in each of the last five years; (ii) whether any assessment has been made of the rapid genomic brain tumour testing pilot recently launched by NHS England; and (iii) whether any assessment has been made of the potential for similar testing to reduce diagnostic waiting times for patients in Northern Ireland.

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