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To ask the Minister of Health to detail any assessment made of the potential for greater use of dental hygienists and dental therapists to improve access to preventive treatment and reduce pressures on dentists.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the projected (i) number of young people who are expected to transition from children's services into adult learning disability services; (ii) level of support they are expected to require, including day opportunities, statutory day care and high-support provision; (iii) number…
To ask the Minister of Health whether (i) any consideration has been given to autism diagnosis as a point at which previous decisions, interventions or life trajectories may be reviewed and, where appropriate, corrected; and (ii) post-diagnostic support is intended to facilitate such reassessment across public…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 49437/22-27, to detail when the Quality Standards for tobacco and vaping enforcement will be finalised and published.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any progress that has been made since September 2024 in implementing measures to improve the collection, recording and sharing of birth family medical histories for adopted people; and (ii) whether any practical mechanism has been established to enable clinically significant…
To ask the Minister of Health whether any (i) assessment has been made of the adequacy of mental health services for people affected by adoption, including adopted adults, birth parents and adoptive parents; and (ii) work is underway to improve access to adoption-informed psychological support.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps taken to protect theatre time for specialities that operate only from the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of (i) CT; and (ii) MRI, scanners that run at full capacity on weekends in each Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of hospital appointments that have been missed as a result of patients not receiving appointment letters due to postal delays, in each of the last three years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health, given the attendance numbers of patients at Altnagelvin Area Hospital Emergency Department consistently exceed the original capacity of 35,000 attendances annually, to detail (i) whether any assessment has been made of any risks to patient safety, dignity and staff arising from continued…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the longest time a patient attending the Emergency Department at Altnagelvin Area Hospital waited from arrival until admission to a hospital ward; (ii) the number of patients who waited more than 12 hours for admission; and (iii) the number who waited more than 24 hours for…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients who attended the Emergency Department at Altnagelvin Area Hospital in each of the last four financial years, broken down by (i) total attendances; (ii) patients subsequently admitted to hospital; and (iii) patients referred or transferred from the South…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) when the Western Health and Social Care Trust first submitted a business case for the redevelopment or replacement of the Emergency Department at Altnagelvin Area Hospital; (ii) each subsequent submission, revision or request for further information; and (iii) any reasons…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the length time that the Northern Health and Social Care Trust has not been offering routine MRI scan appointments; and (ii) when they will recommence.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether any assessment has been made of the impact of clinical radiology, including the wider diagnostic workforce shortages in the Western Health and Social Care Trust on performance against the 62-day cancer referral to treatment target; and (ii) to detail any steps being taken to…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail all discussions his Department and its agencies had with PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide in the 12 months preceding its closure, including (i) dates of those discussions; (ii) any funding arrangements discussed; and (iii) any steps taken to assess the potential impact of the…
To ask the Minister of Health, following publication of the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry's April 2026 report Routes to Diagnosis, to detail (i) how the findings relating to gynaecological cancers are informing cancer policy and service planning; and (ii) any steps being taken to increase the proportion of…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any steps he is taking to ensure that women living in rural areas have equitable access to diagnostic investigations and specialist services for suspected gynaecological cancers; and (ii) how rural accessibility is being considered in the planning and configuration of these…