AQW 22238/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 10/02/2025
Answered On Date: 25/02/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the percentage increase in babies delivered at the Ulster Hospital Maternity Unit; and (ii) the percentage increase in doctors working within the same unit, in each of the last ten years.

Answer:

The public consultation exercise will commence in the coming weeks seeking views on adult: child ratios. Work will commence shortly in partnership with a stakeholder reference group to update the wider Minimum Standards document, with a view to consulting on and implementing a new set of Standards by December 2025.