AQW 486/17-22

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 17/01/2020
Answered On Date: 03/02/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to outline what invest to save opportunities exist within his Department.

Answer:

A number of invest to save opportunities exist within the Department of Health across a range of themes. Some examples include energy saving and other revenue releasing schemes, and a medicines efficiency programme to optimise and accelerate medicines savings. Greater investment in prevention and early intervention can also reduce demand for treatment services. For example, there are opportunities across diabetes prevention, education and foot care, immunisation and screening programmes, HIV risk reduction, and a range of prevention and early intervention programmes for children and families including the development of emotional resilience early in life.