AQW 2666/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 25/02/2020
Answered On Date: 11/03/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health what proposals he has to reduce waiting lists via waiting list validation.

Answer:

Trusts have been allocated non–recurrent funding this year to support waiting list validation to ensure that waiting lists are accurate and include only those patients who require assessment and/ or treatment. This validation exercise is currently underway within each Trust. In parallel with and complementing the Trust led validation, a primary care led waiting list validation has been established whereby GP practices will carry out a clinical validation of their own patients currently on a waiting list for a first outpatient appointment across a range of specialties. Both exercises are funded until the end of March 2020.