Every imported question, contribution and motion, with its classification. Unflagged, uncertain and not-yet-analysed records are all included so the analysis can be checked independently.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of brain tumour patients referred outside Northern Ireland to participate in clinical trials, in each of the last five years; (ii) the centres to which such referrals were made; and (iii) any (a) financial; and (b) practical, support available to patients…
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department has engaged with the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust on the introduction of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy, over the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any assessment his Department has made of (i) the predicted level of uptake of the flu vaccine this year; and (ii) the level of uptake of the flu vaccine over the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of hospital patients, medically fit for discharge, that remained in a hospital bed on 1 October 2026, in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any assessment that has been made of the extent of the risk of emergency surgery becoming unsustainable at the Causeway Hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the most up to date information on waiting times for mental health services, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of staff that are employed (i) in his Department; and (ii) within Strategic Planning and Performance Group.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of violence and aggression towards health and social care staff.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department has identified any opportunities to utilise additional funding, arising from changes to adult social care policy in England, to improve the (i) provision; (ii) accessibility; and (ii) sustainability, of adult social care services in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any assessment his Department has undertaken of potential Barnett consequential funding, arising from the proposed changes to adult social care funding arrangements in England.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any consideration his Department has given to reforming the adult social care system in Northern Ireland, in light of recent proposals for reform in England.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of dental practices in the South Down constituency that are currently accepting new NHS patients; and (ii) any support that is available, through the Dental Access Scheme or other arrangements, for patients who are unable to secure NHS dental registration.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients in South Down, who have lost access to NHS dental services due to their dental practice moving to private provision, can register with an alternative NHS dentist.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 49352/22-27, to detail (i) whether there are any known data-quality, coding, reporting, configuration or functionality issues within Encompass relating to adult safeguarding, including dates for the resolution of issues identified; and (ii) whether any adult safeguarding…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 49352/22-27, whether a single standardised adult safeguarding dataset and reporting process has been implemented across all Health and Social Care Trusts through Encompass.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 49352/22-27, to detail all systems and processes currently used by each Health and Social Care Trust to compile the monthly adult safeguarding returns.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 49352/22-27, to detail (i) whether the adult safeguarding data contained in the monthly returns is extracted from Encompass; (ii) which elements of adult safeguarding activity are currently recorded within Encompass; and (iii) whether there is a planned date by which all…
To ask the Minister of Health whether a statutory public inquiry is the only mechanism available to establish the full circumstances surrounding issues identified with the cervical screening programme in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any cervical screening tests that were found to have been misread, between 2006 and 2021, broken down by year and Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will consider extending the Seasons of Life bereavement and grief support programme to schools in the Education Authority's South Eastern Region.
To ask the Minister of Finance pursuant to AQW 40841/22-27, to detail (I) an update on the sale of Rathgael road car park, Bangor; and (ii) whether his Department can name the new owner.