AQW 5604/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 08/07/2020
Answered On Date: 10/07/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the timescale for ensuring all daycare surgery is carried out in elective care centres.

Answer:

The planned development of daycase elective care centres was underpinned by the benefits of separating planned and unscheduled care. This principle is even more important in the context of the ongoing pandemic.

In the Strategic Framework for Rebuilding HSC Services I have given a commitment to exploring the feasibility of establishing dedicated Elective Care Centres to facilitate the continuation of some planned activity in the event of increasing demand for COVID-19 treatment arising from a second wave of the pandemic. I plan to publish plans for rebuilding daycase elective care shortly.