AQW 22626/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 16/09/2021
Answered On Date: 06/10/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health how many times a patient was transported from Northern Ireland to Great Britain to use an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation machine during (i) the financial year 2020/21; and (ii) the current financial year to 1 September 2021.

Answer:

(i) During the financial year 2020/21, there were five patients transferred from Northern Ireland to Great Britain to use an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) machine. Of these, four were transferred through 'Military Aid to Civil Authority' (MACA) arrangements and one was arranged by the Health and Social Care Board.

(ii) In the 2021/22 financial year to 1st September 2021 the HSCB has arranged transfer for two patients to Great Britain for ECMO treatment.