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To ask the Minister of Health whether the new cohort of Physician Associate Masters students, commencing study in January 2025, will be reasonably guaranteed positions within the health service at the end of their studies.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) why cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is being removed from Portaferry Surgery; and (ii) whether CBT services will continue to be provided by primary care via GP surgeries within all Health and Social Care Trusts.
To ask the Minister of Health what considerations have been put in place for maternity services to ensure when a stillbirth or a miscarriage occurs in hospital, that mothers are not placed in wards where other patients or families are celebrating a birth.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department plans to review its policy allowing interchangeability of anti-seizure medication brands, following advice from the Epilepsy Society recommending consistency in brand to ensure stable dosage and to minimise side effects.
To ask the Minister of Health what steps his Department is taking to address reported concerns of serious adverse consequences as a result of the proposed reconfiguration of Causeway Hospital as a General Hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department plans to run an Act FAST awareness campaign highlighting signs of stroke, similar to that launched by NHS England on 4 November 2024.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) how he is improving early detection of lung cancer; (ii) whether he plans to expand screening programs to facilitate earlier diagnosis and treatment; and (iii) how his Department is increasing public awareness of lung cancer symptoms, particularly among high-risk groups, to further…
To ask the Minister of Health to outline how the numbers of (i) outpatient appointments; (ii) inpatient admissions; (iii) Emergency Department attendances; and (iv) community care packages have changed in the six years from 2018 to 2024.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline the rationale for health procurements occurring through organisations other than the Central Procurement Directorate.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 16227/22-27, (i) how many outlets tested positive for pseudomonas aeruginosa since handover of the new Maternity Hospital in Belfast from the contractor; and (ii) how many positive tests have been detected overall.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 14699/22-27, how many children benefitted from the planned waiting list initiative to be provided in October.
To ask the Minister of Finance to list the Barnett consequentials arising from UK Government support for high street business and hospitality in relation to business rates in England.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the current policy and practice on the value of overpayments, made by the Department, that are automatically written off.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the (i) number; and (ii) value of cases of overpayments made by her Department for each of the past three financial years.
To ask the Minister of Finance, further to the UK Government’s commitment to fund Growth Deals for Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and Mid South West Region, to detail how she is supporting the projects to progress.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether she plans to align business rates relief with the changes announced for GB business rates in the HM Treasury Autumn Budget 2024, to offset the National Insurance increase for employers.
To ask the Minister of Education whether a child is eligible for a second year of funded pre-school education if a decision is taken to defer their school starting year.