Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health what evaluation has been carried out into the risk of a mutated form of COVID-19 from mink. [Priority Written] Minister of Health: The public health implications of recent findings of mink-specific variants of SARS-CoV-2 in Danish mink farms are being assessed urgently at international … Continue reading AQW 10016/17-22 – COVID-19 in mink
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health what evaluation has been carried out into the risk of a mutated form of COVID-19 from mink. [Priority Written] Minister of Health: The public health implications of recent findings of mink-specific variants of SARS-CoV-2 in Danish mink farms are being assessed urgently at international … Continue reading AQW 10016/17-22 – Risk of mutated COVID-19 from mink
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health whether he will publish the medical and scientific evidence underpinning the Actions to Reduce COVID-19 Transmission Rates, as announced in the Assembly on 14 October 2020. Minister of Health: The Department of Health has recently published a bank of evidence papers that have helped … Continue reading AQW 8740/17-22 – Actions to Reduce COVID-19 Transmission Rates
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health what telephone answering resources are available to the Public Health Agency. [Priority Written] Minister of Health: PHA Reception can be contacted at 0300 555 0114 for Public Health Agency Headquarters and for all PHA sites apart from the Lisburn office, which can be contacted … Continue reading AQW 8670/17-22 – Public Health Agency Telephone Services
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the proposed mental health hospital in Antrim. Minister of Health: In December 2018, the Northern Health and Social Care Trust was given permission by my Department to progress the proposal for a Mental Health facility in Antrim to Construction and … Continue reading AQW 5774/17-22 – Proposed Mental Health facility in Antrim
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone has received a reply to a Priority Written Assembly question he asked to Health Minister, Robin Swann, providing an update on telemedicine capacity. The Mid Ulster MLA said, "These are unprecedented times and our health service is working tirelessly to keep us safe and fight back against COVID-19. … Continue reading McGlone: telemedicine could provide important support for health service
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health what plans he has to extend COVID-19 testing to all domiciliary care and other frontline community healthcare workers. [Priority Written] Minister of Health: Domiciliary care staff and other frontline community healthcare staff with symptoms of COVID-19 can avail of testing. There are currently no plans … Continue reading AQW 4167/17-22 – COVID-19 testing
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health to detail the total cost to each Health and Social Care Trust of (i) homecare provision provided directly by the Trust; and (ii) homecare provision provided by the private or independent sector, for each of the last five years. (AQW 8736/16-21) Minister of Health: The … Continue reading AQW 8736/16-21 – Homecare Provision Provided by Health and Social Care Trust
