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To ask the Minister of Health to detail the mechanism that exists to review whether differing decisions on Health and Social Care prescribing for patients attending the same GP practice following private ADHD diagnoses are clinically justified and consistent with regional policy.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will consider introducing interim arrangements to meet the cost of ADHD medication for patients awaiting resolution of a shared-care issue, particularly where treatment has been initiated and stabilised by an appropriately qualified specialist.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any action his Department, or relevant Health and Social Care body, can take in individual cases where the continuing cost of privately prescribed ADHD medication is causing significant financial hardship.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will consider establishing an expedited review pathway for patients who have an appropriate private ADHD diagnosis and are stable on medication, to enable their treatment and prescribing to transfer to Health and Social Care services where clinically appropriate.
To ask the Minister of Health whether an appropriately qualified Health and Social Care clinician can review and validate a private ADHD diagnosis and treatment plan to enable prescribing through Health and Social Care services without requiring an entirely new diagnostic assessment.
To ask the Minister of Health whether there are any plans to introduce a mediation programme, similar to that of NHS England, to reduce the costs associated with claims against the Health and Social Care Trusts.
To ask the Minister of Health whether the decision not to establish a statutory public inquiry into the failures in the cervical screening programme will be reconsidered, following renewed representations from the Ladies with Letters campaign.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of GPs employed in East Antrim on a (a) full-time; and (b) part-time basis; and (ii) any measures his Department is undertaking to employ more full-time GP's in East Antrim.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any consideration that is given to (i) perimenopause and menopause in cholesterol testing; (ii) cardiovascular risk assessment; and (iii) lipid management, for women aged 40 to 65, including whether any guidance has been issued to GPs or community pharmacies.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of women aged 30 to 65 that have received a (i) cholesterol test; or (ii) cardiovascular risk assessment, in primary care, in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) Health and Social Care Trust area; and (b) five-year age band.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of female patients aged 30 to 65 that have been prescribed lipid-lowering medication, in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) Health and Social Care Trust area; (b) five-year age band; and (c) medication type.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps his Department is taking to review catering facilities for staff in the Western Health and Social Care Trust, to ensure access to affordable, good quality food, during all shift patterns.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps his Department to address the lack of a local higher education training pathway for dental hygienists and dental therapists.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any representations he has made to ensure dental hygienists, qualified in the Republic of Ireland, are not treated as overseas applicants by the General Dental Council, to help increase staffing in our dental workforce.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any assessment his Department has made of the July 2026 General Dental Services in Northern Ireland Cost of Service Review.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people waiting for a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services assessment, in the Western Trust area, that have been waiting over (i) 9 weeks; (ii) 26 weeks; and (iii) 52 weeks.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people currently held on a separate waiting list pending addition to the official Audiology waiting lists published by each Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health whether the loop systems installed in all Health and Social Care Trusts have been updated to enable digital hearing aids provided by the Trusts to be used across Health services.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of emergency patients requiring ambulance bypass transit to an alternative acute hospital facility, in each of the last ten years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust, utilising (i) the historical Category A classification metrics for the years 2016 to 2019…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether a target timescale exists for undertaking an MRI scan, following identification of a suspected brain tumour on CT imaging; (ii) to detail the average waiting time for such MRI scans, in each of the last five years; and (iii) whether his Department has made any assessment on…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any assessment that has been made of delays in routine surveillance MRI scans for brain tumour patients, following completion of treatment; (ii) the number of patients awaiting a scheduled three-month or six-month follow-up MRI scan who did not receive a scan within the…