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To ask the Minister of Health whether there are any plans to review the eligibility rules governing health service optical vouchers for children requiring myopia management lenses.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any specific gap in the existing functions of his Department, the Strategic Planning and Performance Group, and Health and Social Care bodies led to the establishment of the Independent Reconfiguration Committee.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any estimate has been made of the financial impact on families of children requiring myopia management lenses that are not eligible for support through the health service optical voucher scheme.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department has conducted any review of arrangements in other UK jurisdictions that allow the value of children's health service optical vouchers to be offset against the cost of myopia management lenses.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any discussions his Department has had with representative bodies of the optical sector in relation to the use of health service optical vouchers for myopia management treatments.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the October 2024 report Enabling Safe Quality Midwifery Services and Care; and (ii) whether his Department has any plans to develop an updated regional maternity strategy.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of women diagnosed with endometriosis, who had previously presented to health and social care services with symptoms subsequently attributed to the condition; and (ii) the average time between first presentation and diagnosis, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any arrangements in place for coordination between Health and Social Care Trusts, schools and adult disability services during the transition of young people with significant additional needs from education into adult services, including who has responsibility for ensuring that…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the mental health activity; (ii) performance; and (iii) waiting-time datasets currently provided by each Health and Social Care Trust (HSCT) to his Department which remain subject to data-quality, validation or completeness issues following the implementation of encompass,…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any changes planned for the Phone First service; and (ii) any steps he will take to ensure continued efficient and effective emergency treatment for patients needing urgent care.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any plans to improve the pay and conditions of home care workers, including those employed by private companies contracted to the Health and Social Care Trusts.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any governance and project structure for the new Maternity Hospital project, outlining the roles, responsibilities and duties carried out by (i) his Department's teams; (ii) Belfast Health and Social Care Trust teams; and (iii) external consultants.
To ask the Minister of Health, as part of the new Maternity Hospital project, to detail whether the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Estates Department team involved in any (i) IQ; (ii) PQ; or (iii) OQ, testing activities for any systems other than medical gas.
To ask the Minister of Health, as part of the new Maternity Hospital project, to detail whether the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Estates Department retained a record of their (i) observations; and (ii) comments, associated with any (a) IQ; (b) PQ; and (c) OQ, Testing they attended.
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the new Maternity Hospital project, whether any (i) certification; and (ii) documentation, from the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Estates Department authorised person, advised the Trust or his Department that the medical gas system was not going to be (a)…
To ask the Minister of Health whether the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Estates Department provided authorised person services to any systems other than medical gas, as part of the new Maternity Hospital project.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the KPIs, monitoring and scrutiny in place on existing Measured Term Contracts, including the consequences for low scores or missing targets.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any procedures in place to ensure that Measured Term Contract works are completed within the initially given timescales and to programme.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department is considering extending the Single Lead Employer for resident doctors to those doctors in GP training.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of ambulances requested by patients to attend hospital appointments that have been cancelled by the Western Health and Social Care Trust, in the last two years.