AQW 4696/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 10/06/2020
Answered On Date: 22/06/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health how pathways for people diagnosed with long-term neurological conditions will change in the period 1 July 2020 to 30 September 2020.

Answer:

You will be aware that on 9 June 2020 I published the Strategic Framework for Rebuilding Health and Social Care, along with Phase 1 (June 2020) rebuilding plans for each of the six Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts.

The Strategic Framework will underpin the development of incremental service plans by Trusts. The key aim will be to incrementally increase HSC service capacity as quickly as possible across all programmes of care, within the prevailing COVID-19 conditions. Subsequent phases will see these service activity plans and targets updated in three monthly cycles, the first of which will cover the period July to September 2020.

Consideration will be given to opportunities to improve pathways across services at the earliest opportunity within this process.