AQW 629/16-21
Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast
Tabled Date: 06/06/2016
Answered On Date: 21/06/2016
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister of Health (i) how much of the £70M allocated to ease waiting lists in the financial year 2015/16 was spent on its intended purpose; and (ii) how much was unable to be spent.
Answer:
An additional £40 million was allocated in the November 2015 monitoring round for use in 2015/16 to reduce waiting times with a further £30 million invested in 2016/17. Of the £40 million, £21.5 million was utilised on additional waiting list activity which together with a further £3.4 million which we were able to allocate, brought total expenditure on waiting list activity to almost £25 million. The balance of £18.5 million was utilised on a range of pressures in 2015/16 including funding to support cost pressures within Independent Care Homes and Domiciliary Care providers and GP Out of Hours services, as well as pay related costs in respect of front line services. Overall the November monitoring allocation has supported the delivery of a higher level of elective care services that would otherwise have been the case. As part of the June Monitoring, I welcome the additional £67m made available to help address a range of pressures across health and social care.
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