Written question AQW 55117/22-27

Written question by Mr Gerry Carroll on .

MLA
Mr Gerry Carroll
Party at the time
People Before Profit Alliance
Date
20 October 2026
Type
Written question
Assembly reference
AQW 55117/22-27
Department
Department of Health
Business
To the Minister of Health
Assembly identifier
Document 504895

Text

To ask the Minister of Health to detail any discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health in Dublin about cross-border cooperation to make newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy available to babies born in Northern Ireland, given that it is now offered to all newborns in the South.

51 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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