AQO 707/08

Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 16/10/2007
Answered On Date: 05/11/2007
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to outline his policy on the admission of people over 65 to hospital, and on their treatment, once they have been admitted.

Answer:

Decisions to admit to hospital, and the subsequent determination of treatment, reflect clinical decisions which take account of individual needs and service protocols. A patient's age is not the deciding factor.