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To ask the Minister of Health to detail how many nursing graduates from (i) the Queen’s University Belfast; and (ii) the University of Ulster were hired by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 17001/22-27, given that the minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland is 65p per unit, what price does he plan to set in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 14836/22-27, (i) what criteria is set for a referral to the lung transplant waiting list; and (ii) what input do patients have into that process.
To ask the Minister of Health whether there are plans to enhance the role of the Mater Hospital as part of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust's maternity services.
To ask the Minister of Health why home births are not signposted as part of the information on location of maternity services in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust website.
To ask the Minister of Health how the current Physician Associate Masters course, with a significant number of those qualified unable to find work in the health service, fits within the overall workforce planning policy.
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.