AQW 21828/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 20/07/2021
Answered On Date: 20/08/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the action to support Health and Social Care staff to deliver greater levels of in-house elective care activity by increasing the use of existing bank and on-call arrangements, including the introduction, by July 2021, of temporary, enhanced rates of pay for targeted shifts and priority activities.

Answer:

An Elective Care Recovery Initiative (ECRI) - enhanced shift payments for both AfC staff and Medical staff - has been made available to Trusts to deliver targeted, additional, priority elective care activity in line with the objectives of the Elective Care Framework. The new initiative was made available to Trusts at the end of July 2021.