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To ask the Minister of Health whether consideration is being given for the approved use of abiraterone as an NHS treatment option for patients (i) newly diagnosed with high risk, non-metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer; and (ii) whose prostate cancer has relapsed after at least 12 months without treatment.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the amount paid out for medical negligence claims in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any action his Department can take to increase the provision of play therapy access for children, given that a recent report from Play Therapy UK suggests these classes showed an improvement in the child’s mental health improve on average by 76 per cent.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps his Department is taking to ensure that people living with cancer in the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area continue to have access to the Move More programme, following concerns about reduced funding and service availability.
To ask the Minister of Health for a breakdown of the cost savings to the health service from the NIPEARS Plus pilot, which utilised independent prescribing optometrists to manage acute eye conditions in the community.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on efforts to align Northern Ireland with the rest of the UK in ensuring that people on Universal Credit can access their entitlement to NHS eyecare.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps being taken to increase the number of optometrists with independent prescribing qualifications, given the success of the NIPEARS Plus pilot in treating 90 per cent of patients without the need for referral back to Eye Casualty.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department has considered rolling out the NIPEARS Plus pilot regionally, following its successful implementation in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any action being taken to address the occupational health risks for community optometrists identified during the NIPEARS Plus pilot, including the absence of cover for needlestick injuries.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of times an ambulance was unavailable to respond to a 999 call due to having been waiting at a hospital to hand over a patient during each month of (i) 2024; and (ii) 2025.
To ask the Minister of Health to list the dates on which meetings of the project working group set up in 2023 to develop a cancer research strategy and chaired by Professor Ian Young took place.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for an update on the development of a draft cancer research strategy; and (ii) when he envisages public consultation will commence on the strategy.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of whole time equivalent (i) social workers employed; and (ii) social worker vacancies in children’s disability services, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any plans to expand physiological and emotional support services for those living with (i) endometriosis; and (ii) premenstrual dysphoric disorder, given that only one Health and Social Care Trust has a specialised team.
To ask the Minister of Finance for his assessment of the effectiveness of current legislation to regulate housing developers, in terms of providing consumer protections, rights and remedies for buyers.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the active staff networks and forums that are recognised and operational in the Northern Ireland Civil Service.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) the number of data breaches recorded by his Department and its arm’s-length bodies in each of the last five years, broken down by type; and (ii) any action taken as a result of these data breaches.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of malicious emails to Northern Ireland Civil Service accounts that have been successfully blocked or detected in each of the last five years, broken down by type.