AQW 54479/11-16 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 people with Multiple Sclerosis that have waited longer than 18 weeks for a first appointment with a neurologist in the (i) Northern; and (ii) Western Health and Social Care Trusts, in each of the last three years.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 18 February 2016
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 18 February 2016
- Answer due by
- 4 March 2016
- Answered
- 23 March 201634 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Reason for referral, or confirmed diagnosis, is not collected for patients waiting for a first consultant-led appointment. Therefore it is not possible to separately identify patients with Multiple Sclerosis waiting for a first appointment with a consultant neurologist.