Motion

Motion TitleAccess to CAR-T Cell Therapy

Motion TextThat this Assembly notes with sadness the recent passing of young Armagh mother Catherine Sherry in King’s College Hospital, London, where she was receiving CAR-T cell therapy for lymphoma; recognises the urgent need for equitable access to CAR-T cell therapy in Northern Ireland; calls on the Minister of Health to urgently deliver a local service to avoid the separation of sick patients from their families, and the complications and costs associated with travel for treatment in England or Scotland; and further calls on the Minister to work, in the interim, with his counterpart in Dublin to ensure that CAR-T cell therapy is available to patients from Northern Ireland on the island of Ireland.

Motion CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Motion TypeOpposition business

Date Tabled to Business Office09/09/2025

Date Selected By Committee09/09/2025

Date of Plenary Debate22/09/2025