AQW 43068/11-15


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 02/03/2015
Answered On Date: 16/03/2015
Priority Written: No


Question:
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.


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.