Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQO 3208/22-27, to detail the number of people diagnosed with oral cancer, in each year from 2015 to date. Minister of Health: The Northern Ireland Cancer Registry (NICR), based at Queen’s University Belfast and funded by the Public Health Agency (PHA), produces … Continue reading AQW 41820/22-27 – Oral cancer diagnosis
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps he will take to ensure patients do not have to seek private treatment due to the level of NHS dental services availability. Minister of Health: Access to General Dental Services is challenging across Northern Ireland at present and the Department … Continue reading AQW 41544/22-27 – Private dental treatment
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health to detail the average waiting time for an NHS dental appointment for new adult patients at dental practices, in each Health and Social Care Trust. Minister of Health: Dental practices are independent business and therefore manage their own workloads. No information is held centrally … Continue reading AQW 41543/22-27 – Waiting time for an NHS dental appointment
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the financial sustainability of the NHS dental remuneration model; and (ii) to detail any recent discussions he has had with the British Dental Association regarding reform of the current NHS dental remuneration model. Minister of Health: I fully recognise … Continue reading AQW 41542/22-27 – NHS dental remuneration model
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of dental practices accepting new NHS patients; and (ii) the number of dental practices that have stopped accepting new NHS patients, in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust. Minister of Health: … Continue reading AQW 41540/22-27 – Dental practices and NHS Patients
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, regarding the February 2025 Deloitte report on its investigation of alleged contract fraud within NI Water, whether Deloitte investigated any instances of invoice slicing. Minister for Infrastructure: The issue you have raised is an operational matter for NI Water; however, I have sought the … Continue reading AQW 41909/22-27 – Investigation of alleged contract fraud within NI Water
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, regarding the February 2025 Deloitte report on its investigation of alleged contract fraud within NI Water, to detail the reason why a process map for the awarding of C3 remedial repair contracts by NI Water did not exist prior to November 2023. Minister for … Continue reading AQW 41908/22-27 – Investigation of alleged contract fraud within NI Water
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, regarding the February 2025 Deloitte report on its investigation of alleged contract fraud within NI Water, to detail who was responsible for monitoring the awarding of contracts for remedial repairs at NI Water sites between October 2022 and July 2024. Minister for Infrastructure: The … Continue reading AQW 41907/22-27 – Investigation of alleged contract fraud within NI Water
