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 the number of staff members that will be impacted by the shift of maternity services from Daisy Hill Hospital to Craigavon Area Hospital, broken down by job title.
To ask the Minister of Health whether a full analysis has been conducted in regards to all the ramifications of moving maternity services from Daisy Hill Hospital to Craigavon Area Hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of people referred to community addiction services within the Western Health and Social Care Trust in each of the last five financial years; and (ii) the average waiting time between referral and first appointment.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any discussions his Department has had with stakeholders regarding increasing the mileage rate for domiciliary carers, given the increases in fuel costs.
To ask the Minister of Health, following confirmation that the encompass programme has sought an additional £20 million in funding for the 2026-27 financial year, and that his Department has advised the programme to meet this requirement within existing resources, to detail (i) what the additional funding is required…
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department plans to issue an action plan regarding the lowering of bowel cancer screening eligibility to 50 years old.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of incidents the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service has been called to in North Down in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of ambulance stations located across North Down; and (ii) the criteria his Department uses to select locations.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any plans his Department has for standalone mental health units separate from standard accident and emergency departments.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of babies from the Republic of Ireland that were delivered in Daisy Hill Hospital maternity services in the 2025-26 year.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will consider taking steps to introduce routine newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy in Northern Ireland, following its introduction in Scotland earlier this year.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of introducing a (i) statutory licensing; and (ii) registration, scheme for funeral directors, including the outcome of any assessment.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of inspections that were undertaken of funeral homes and mortuary facilities, by bodies for which his Department is responsible; (ii) any statutory powers under which these inspections were undertaken; and (iii) the number that resulted in enforcement action, for…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any public bodies that are responsible for (i) setting standards for the (a) storage; (b) preparation; and (c) embalming, of deceased persons; and (ii) monitoring and enforcing compliance with these standards.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any statutory requirements that apply to the (i) establishment; and (ii) operation, of funeral-directing businesses, including (a) registration or licensing; (b) professional competence; (c) premises and mortuary facilities; and (d) inspection.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 48993/22-27, whether his Department has made any assessment of the findings of the sustainability review carried out into stroke services.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) when the work on developing a mental health outcomes framework commenced; and (ii) when an appointment was made to lead on this work.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any information (i) his Department; or (ii) Health and Social Care, holds which benchmarks or compares excess bed days with systems in Great Britain or elsewhere.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any information that (i) his Department; and (ii) Health and Social Care, holds which benchmarks or compares productivity in (a) elective; (ii) day case; and (iii) inpatient, activity with systems in Great Britain or elsewhere.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any measures that are being taken to ensure that the expansion of bowel cancer screening does not increase diagnostic waiting times for patients already presenting with symptoms suggestive of bowel cancer.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients currently awaiting a (i) colonoscopy; and (ii) CT colonography, broken down by (a) Health and Social Care Trust; (b) referral priority; and (c) the number that have been waiting more than two, four, six and thirteen weeks.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any assessment that has been undertaken of the additional demand for colonoscopy and CT colonography, arising from the planned expansion of bowel cancer screening eligibility; and (ii) any additional (a) funding; (b) staffing; and (c) diagnostic capacity, that will be…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any waiting time standards that apply to patients, referred by their GP with symptoms suggestive of bowel cancer, including (a) a change in bowel habit; and (b) a positive stool blood test; and (ii) the proportion of patients that have received diagnostic investigations…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) what the extra £20 million in funding, requested this year for the encompass IT system is intended to fund; and (ii) the reason why this additional funding was not anticipated by his Department.