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To ask the Minister of Health to outline (i) how his Department allocates resources for healthcare in East Antrim relative to other regions; and (ii) what initiatives are being considered to address resource shortages specific to this area.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail what engagement (i) his Department; and (ii) the Southern Health and Social Care Trust have had with the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency with respect to increasing the number of training posts and programmes at Daisy Hill Hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the total overtime payments made to consultants; (i) the total amount paid to nursing agencies; and (iii) the total amount paid to agencies for (a) administrative staff; and (b) management, in each of the last five years broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health for a breakdown of the recruitment exercises undertaken by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust to fill consultant vacancies at (i) Daisy Hill Hospital; and (ii) Craigavon Area Hospital, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the total number of substantive consultants that have (i) been recruited; (ii) resigned to take up a post in another Health and Social Care Trust; and (iii) resigned to take up a post outside Northern Ireland, broken down by hospital in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the current number of substantive consultants at Daisy Hill Hospital; (ii) the number of substantive consultants that have been recruited to Daisy Hill Hospital since 1 January 2022; and (iii) the number of substantive consultants that have resigned from Daisy Hill Hospital…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail his engagement with the Minister for Infrastructure in relation to accessibility for emergency service vehicles within residential areas.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline why medical students, who receive funding from his Department to cover tuition fees, receive a reduced maintenance loan.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he is aware that students from Northern Ireland with chronic or lifelong health conditions, under the care of a consultant and studying in Great Britain, must be referred separately in each jurisdiction.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department is taking measures to end the requirement for students from Northern Ireland to have to deregister and re-register with a GP every time they move between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
To ask the Minister of Health, in light of the bacteria found in the new Maternity Hospital, for his assessment of the appropriateness of the proposed (i) design of the water system; and (ii) number of water outlets at the new Children’s Hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline how concerns of Assurance Groups within the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust are escalated through its governance arrangements to senior management and the Trust Board.
To ask the Minister of Health for a breakdown of the estimated costs of reparative works, including replacing pipework, at the Acute Mental Health Inpatient Centre at Belfast City Hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health when he will implement the 5.5 per cent pay increase for health workers as recommended by the Pay Review Body, that is being paid in England, Scotland and Wales.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on his Department’s work to implement the recommendations from the Royal College of General Practitioners Northern Ireland report A Workforce Fit for the Future: RCPGNI Retention Strategy, published in April 2024.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he plans to update guidance on the transformation and reconfiguration of services to ensure that co-production is mandatory.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQT 656/22-27 answered during Question Time on 15 October 2024, (i) to detail where the £200 million of savings have been made across the Health and Social Care Trusts; and (ii) for his assessment of the impact of these savings on patient care and safety.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline his Department's plans to implement the 5.5 per cent pay rise that has been recommended by the Pay Review Body for health workers in Northern Ireland.