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To ask the Minister of Justice to outline any legal changes she is considering to allow the Minister of Justice to remove a Police Ombudsman from office when he or she is (i) under police investigation; (ii) referred to the Public Prosecution Service; and (iii) convicted of an offence.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) who is responsible for performance oversight; and who acts as line manager (a) in effect; and (b) in law, for the Police Ombudsman.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail who has the legal and administrative authority to (i) suspend; and (ii) dismiss the Police Ombudsman from office.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether the current Police Ombudsman (i) is in receipt of full salary during her current period of absence; and (ii) was in receipt of full salary during previous periods of absence from post.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the powers available to the police to deal with abuse of the elderly; and (ii) whether he has any plans to improve these powers through the introduction of adult safeguarding legislation.
To ask the Minister of Health what plans he has to increase the funding available to community and third sector organisations through the Core Grant Funding Scheme.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he plans to review the criteria for community and third sector organisations to avail of the Core Grant Funding Scheme, to account for varying levels of capacity and specialisation in the sector.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of care homes that are equipped to accommodate residents with vascular dementia in each of the last three years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) what steps are being taken to improve access to specialist care for individuals living with this…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 17732/22-27, for an update on (i) the implementation of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence TA 943; and (ii) the integration of advanced continuous glucose monitoring technologies.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the total number of dementia care home beds available; and (ii) the number of these currently vacant or available, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) what recommendations emerged from the 2019 public consultation on breast assessment proposals; and (ii) why these recommendations were not published.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) what consideration has been given to supporting patients receiving cancer care appointments at distant locations; and (ii) for his assessment of the impact on patients from Newry and Armagh undergoing cancer treatment who are being offered appointments at 8am in Altnagelvin Cancer…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment on waiting times for accessing the regional breast cancer service increasing; and (ii) what action his Department plans to take to address this.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline (i) the rationale for reducing Health and Social Care Trust-based breast cancer services; and (ii) what action his Department took to advise (a) Health and Social Care Trust-based practitioners; (b) GPs; and (c) the public, of those changes.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline (i) the clinical rationale behind creating an additional urgent criteria for cancer red flag and reviews; and (ii) what action will be taken to inform the public of the differences between red flag and urgent criteria.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether there are any actions he can take to accelerate Foundation Programme Allocations for 2025; and (ii) what actions will he take for future years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the estimated cost of delivering the gonorrhoea vaccination programme; (ii) the estimated cost to the health service of treating gonorrhoea cases, including cases of antibiotic resistance over the same period; and (iii) the rationale for proceeding with the programme given…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the professional and administrative staffing resources currently available to support (i) the Chief Medical Officer; (ii) the Chief Nursing Officer; (iii) the Chief Dental Officer; (iv) the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer; (v) the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer; (vi) the…
To ask the Minister of Health, given that Northern Ireland remains the only UK region without publicly funded bariatric surgery, whether patients referred elsewhere in the UK for surgery are able to access adequate and safe postoperative care and long-term follow-up within Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Health, given that future phases, including bariatric surgery, will be subject to funding within the Regional Obesity Management Service, to outline what treatment options are currently available for patients who have been clinically recommended for weight loss surgery.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he intends to encourage prioritising training students in (i) oncology; and (ii) radiology to (a) incentivise it as a speciality; and (b) reduce the workforce shortfalls.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline any long-term workforce growth planning within (i) radiology; and (ii) oncology to meet the increasing demand.