AQW 43068/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the number of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) nurses in each Health and Social Care Trust; and for his assessment of the regularity of appointments with an MS nurse.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 2 March 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 2 March 2015
- Answer due by
- 18 March 2015
- Answered
- 16 March 201514 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The number of MS specialist nurses in each Trust is set out in the table below:
| Health and Social Care Trust | Number of MS nurses |
| Belfast | 6.1 wte |
| Northern | 0.5 |
| South Eastern | 0 |
| Southern | 2 |
| Western | 1.64 wte |
| Total | 10.24 wte |
The regularity of appointments is a matter of clinical judgment and is based on individual patients’ needs.