AQW 220/17-22

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 14/01/2020
Answered On Date: 29/01/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to outline the cost of addressing waiting lists to ensure the commitment in New Decade, New Approach of no one waiting over a year at 30 September 2019 for outpatient or inpatient assessment/treatment will still be on a waiting list by March 2021.

Answer:

The cost of delivering the additional activity necessary to ensure that no one waiting over a year at 30 September 2019 for an outpatient assessment or treatment will still be on a waiting list by March 2021 is approximately £50m.