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To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients deregistered from their GP, in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any (i) assessment has been made of current GP capacity in the Ballymena area; and (ii) practices in the area are currently operating above their recommended patient capacity.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number (i) of children and young people in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust who are currently awaiting an initial Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services assessment; and (ii) who have been waiting longer than his Department's target.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any recourse available to patients whose GP practice declines to enter into a shared-care arrangement for ADHD medication, including whether there is a process for clinical review or appeal of that decision.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) whether entering into a shared-care arrangement for ADHD is at the discretion of the individual GP or GP practice; and (ii) whether practices are expected to accept such arrangements where specified regional criteria relating to the diagnosis, specialist and treatment plan…
To ask the Minister of Health whether the policy on shared-care arrangements for ADHD is applied consistently across all Health and Social Care Trust areas and GP practices, including any reasons for variations in its application.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail his Department’s current policy on shared-care arrangements between private ADHD specialists and GP practices, particularly where patients have obtained a private diagnosis because of lengthy waiting times for assessment through Health and Social Care services.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any regional guidance provided to GP practices on accepting or declining shared-care arrangements following a private ADHD diagnosis; and (ii) the clinical, governance or other criteria practices that are expected to apply when making such decisions.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any treatments and specialist services that are available in Health and Social Care Trusts for patients diagnosed with lymphoedema.
To ask the Minister of Health, given that paediatric outpatient figures show some children waiting several years for specialist appointments, to detail any steps being taken to ensure children's services receive an equitable share of health investment.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps being taken to ensure all Health and Social Care Trusts collect high-quality, standardised and readily disaggregated data across hospital and community settings, to inform service need, support strategic planning and improve healthcare outcomes for children.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients currently waiting for a follow-up neurology appointment, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any specialist neurology and epilepsy advice services that are available to general practitioners seeking clinical guidance on the care and treatment of patients awaiting neurology appointments.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of consultant neuro-oncology posts, including the number that are vacant; and (ii) any steps being taken to ensure sufficient specialist capacity to support brain tumour patients.
To ask the Minister of Health whether (i) the Cancer Research Strategic Framework contains any actions specifically targeted at improving outcomes for patients with brain tumours; and (ii) any consideration will be given to developing a dedicated brain tumour research programme.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail whether any (i) assessment has been made of GP awareness and training in relation to the signs and symptoms of brain tumours; (ii) consideration has been given to issuing additional guidance or training to GPs; and (iii) steps are being taken to improve referral pathways for…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether any assessment has been made of the reasons as to why a significant proportion of brain tumours are diagnosed through emergency presentation rather than established referral pathways; (ii) to detail any steps that are being taken to improve earlier diagnosis; and (iii) whether…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any mechanisms in place to support investigator-led clinical trials of off-patent medicines for patients with life-limiting conditions, including brain tumours; (ii) any dedicated funding that is available for such studies; and (iii) whether any assessment has been made of…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of children and young people, aged 6-16, who presented to the Emergency Departments at (a) Altnagelvin Area Hospital; and (b) South West Acute Hospital, with suicidal ideation in 2025-26; and (ii) any measures in place to ensure that children and young people…