AQW 19674/17-22


Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast


Tabled Date: 28/05/2021
Answered On Date: 10/06/2021
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to outline the number of haemochromatosis consultants working currently in each Health and Social Care Trust.


Answer:
Information provided by the Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts on the number of haemochromatosis consultants currently employed is detailed in the table below.
HSC Trust
Haemochromatosis Consultants
Belfast
There are no haemochromatosis consultants employed.
Northern
There are no specific haemochromatosis consultants employed. Patients are managed under the gastroenterology speciality which has nine consultants between Antrim Area and Causeway Hospitals.
South Eastern
There are no specific haemochromatosis consultants employed. Four substantive consultant haematologists and one locum consultant haematologist have a caseload of patients with haemochromatosis.
Southern
There are no specific haemochromatosis consultants employed. The gastroenterology specialty looks after these patients. The Trust currently has nine gastroenterologists.
Western
There are no haemochromatosis consultants employed.