AQW 54479/11-16

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 18/02/2016
Answered On Date: 23/03/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
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.

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.