AQW 6336/22-27

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 13/02/2024
Answered On Date: 27/02/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the amount spent by his Department on public relations and events from 1 November 2022 to 31 October 2023.

Answer:

Recognising the importance of engaging with stakeholders, my Department has supported numerous events including a range of workshops, education/training seminars, engagement sessions etc. between 1 November 2022 and 31 October 2023. My officials have completed a manual trawl, and the list below provides details of events within the specified period. Spend for these events was in the region of £65,000.

The Department also spent £45,000 on public relations activity within the same period. These costs included paid for advertising for ‘Know, Check, Ask’ pharmacy campaign, printed material for covid treatments, the development of an animation to support the introduction of the Integrated Care System and videos to raise awareness of the Children’s Social Care Services Review report.

Events:

1	Adoption Panel Workshop
2	All Island Rare Disease Interdisciplinary Research Network
3	CAMHS Low Secure Workshop
4	Cancer - Advance Communications Skills Training Workshop with Stakeholders
5	Cancer Data Event
6	Cancer policy - Pharmacy Event
7	Cancer policy - Research Stakeholder Event
8	Cancer policy - Teenage and Young Adult Event
9	Cancer Programme Board x 2
11	Child Criminal Exploitation Task & Finish Group Workshop
12	Child Criminal Exploitation Workshop with HSCT Reps
13	Community Paediatrics Workshop
14	Criminal Justice Conference
15	CSCS Review - Launch Event
16	CSCS Review - Pre-Launch Event
17	CSCS Review - Workshop 3 Family Support Services
18	CSCS Review - Workshop 4 Social Work Workforce
19	CSCS Review - Workshop 5 Social Care Org Arrangements
20	CYPSP Pause and Reset Conference
21	Dementia Workshop
22	Digital Mental Health Workshop
23	Enabling Safe Quality Midwifery Services and Care in NI Workshop
24	Enhancing Clinical Care Framework Launch
25	Family Support Hub Collective meeting and workshop
26	Fostering Showcase
27	Haematology Pathway Redesign event
28	Haematology Pathway Redesign event
29	Launch of the Continuity of Midwifery Carer Programme
30	Learning Disability Strategic Plan Workshop
31	Local Hospitals Summit - Nuffield Trust
32	Mental Health Strategy Delivery Plan Workshop
33	Mental Health Strategy Delivery Plan Workshop
34	Midwifery Advisory Group Meeting
35	Muckamore Abbey Review event with families
36	Network Engagement/Lived Experience Workshop – 24 May
37	Network Engagement/Lived Experience Workshop - 9 August
38	Northern Ireland Bereavement Network World Café Event
39	Palliative Care in Partnership workshop
40	Pancreatic Cancer Meeting
41	Parents Disability Resource Launch
42	Perinatal Education event
43	Pharmaceutical Accountable Officer Training Event
44	Pharmaceutical Authorised Witness Training Event
45	Quality improvement Methodology
46	Rapid Diagnosis Clinic Workshop
47	Rare Diseases Day
48	Regional Childcare Partnership Meeting
49	Regional Mental Health Service Implementation Plan Workshop
50	Regional Mental Health Service Implementation Workshop
51	Regional Trauma Network Children and Young People Workshop
52	Regional Trauma Network Workshop x 2
54	Resettlement Summit
55	Strategic Outline Case Low Secure Unit Workshop
56	Winter Planning Summit