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To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients on the waiting list for a specialist dementia nurse, in each of the last three years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the finding that publicly funded dental patients dropped by 400,000 in the last four years.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made on whether the 30-minute limit for hospital drop-off areas provides sufficient flexibility for elderly, disabled and seriously ill patients who may require additional assistance entering or leaving hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on his Department's target to introduce a 28-day standard between first referral for suspected cancer to confirmation of a cancer diagnosis.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the implementation of the recommendations from the (i) Oncology Service Transformation Project; and (ii) Oncology Haematology Stabilisation Plan.
To ask the Minister of Health, following the Cancer Strategy for Northern Ireland Progress Report March 2022 – March 2026, for an update on the extension of the acute oncology service to seven day working in all Health and Social Care Trusts.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any plans in place to ensure that hospitals, especially Emergency Departments, are prepared for the normal winter increase in capacity.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the current operating hours of mental health crisis response services, in each Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) any anticipated timeframe for the provision of 24-hour, seven-day-a-week mental health crisis response services across all Trusts.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether any assessment has been undertaken of the capacity of mental health services to respond to the phased implementation of Right Care, Right Person; and (ii) to detail any additional staffing, service provision or funding identified as required.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any agreed pathways between health services and the PSNI for responding to people experiencing a mental health crisis under Right Care, Right Person, including how accountability for responding will be determined.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the average time taken for the transfer of responsibility from PSNI officers to health and social care staff for people presenting at Emergency Departments in mental health crisis, broken down by Trust; and (ii) any steps being taken to reduce delays.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any anticipated timeframe for the resumption of routine publication of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services waiting-time statistics; and (ii) whether routine waiting-time statistics for Adult Mental Health Services will be published.
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the overcrowding in the Emergency Departments in Altnagelvin Area Hospital and the South West Acute Hospital on 14 September 2026, as highlighted in a social media post by the Western Health and Social Care Trust, to detail any steps being taken to address this and to…
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the overcrowding in the Emergency Departments in Altnagelvin Area Hospital and the South West Acute Hospital on 14 September 2026, as highlighted in a social media post by the Western Health and Social Care Trust, to detail the number of medically fit patients there were…
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the overcrowding in the Emergency Departments in Altnagelvin Area Hospital and the South West Acute Hospital on 14 September 2026, as highlighted in a social media post by the Western Health and Social Care Trust, to detail any reasons why medically fit patients could not…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps his Department will take to ensure that any future changes to the UK Foundation Programme entry requirements will not exclude those living in border communities, in light of issues with changes to requirements over recent months.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) any engagement he has had with his Scottish and Welsh counterparts regarding differential funding levels for Northern Ireland; and (ii) whether he has asked them to support harmonisation.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the amount of his Department’s expenditure that was delivered through arm’s-length bodies, in the 2025-26 financial year.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether his Department provides scope within in year monitoring rounds for Departments to make emergency or transitional bids to address acute public sector workforce retention issues where high attrition or cross-border loss is identified
To ask the Minister of Finance whether his Department's guidance on the Proposed Draft Budget 2026-29/30 precludes the Department of Education from reallocating internal budget headroom or applying in year reprioritisations to establish targeted workforce retention schemes for specialist undergraduate teachers.