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To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of children currently awaiting paediatric dental treatment requiring general anaesthetic, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the agency reduction programme, including the current use of agency staff in residential settings supporting adults with complex learning disabilities and the timeframe to reduce this.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any consideration will be given to reviewing the criteria for the prescription of weight loss injections, to ensure that patients whose existing health conditions could be improved through weight loss are able to access these treatments where clinically appropriate.
To ask the Minister of Health, following the finding that only 7.9 per cent of patients urgently referred for suspected breast cancer were seen within 14 days during the quarter ending March 2026, to detail (i) any reasons why performance remains significantly below the 100 per cent target; (ii) the current average…
To ask the Minister of Health whether any consideration has been given to his Department maintaining a live, or regularly updated, list showing which dental practices are accepting new NHS patients.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) when the validated cancer waiting time figures for the 62 day referral-to-treatment target for the quarter ending March 2026 will be published; (ii) any reasons for the delay; and (iii) any assurance that can be given that his Department has sufficient and reliable…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether any assessment has been made of the decline in the proportion of cancer patients beginning treatment within 31 days of a decision to treat, from 90.1 per cent to 87.3 per cent in the quarter ending March 2026; and (ii) to detail any measures being taken to improve this.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any direction will be given to his Department to record data in relation to the number of children with a diagnosis of Tourette’s syndrome.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of referrals made to the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust’s Hospital at Home service; (ii) the number accepted; (iii) the number declined; and (iv) the reasons for referrals being declined. in each year of its operation.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the impact of the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust’s Hospital at Home service on (i) Emergency Department attendances; (ii) acute hospital admissions; (iii) hospital bed occupancy; and (iv) delayed discharges.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the average cost per patient of the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust’s Hospital at Home service; and (ii) the estimated cost if the patient had been admitted to hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any process which patients entitled to portable oxygen provided through the health service can order canisters to be delivered to their home.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail when his Department will give a formal response to all recommendations contained with the Muckamore Abbey Inquiry Report.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the review of the delegation of healthcare interventions to social care practitioners employed via direct payments.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients who (i) are currently waiting for a dementia or Alzheimer's diagnosis over the target time; and (ii) have waited over the target time, in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of the 58 actions within the Cancer Strategy for Northern Ireland 2022–2032 Funding Plan that have been progressed to date; and (ii) the number that are expected to be implemented, before the end of the 2022-27 Assembly mandate.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the impact of long waiting lists for cancer treatment on employment and the personal finance of patients.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the impact of the lack of commissioned adult ADHD services in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the status of the implementation of the prescribing of fampridine in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, including the timescale for providing funding to the Trust for this.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps being taken to support GP practices to safely participate in shared care arrangements for ADHD, without liability concerns.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any support that is available to patients who cannot afford private ADHD assessments or private prescriptions whilst waiting for NHS treatment.