AQW 40507/22-27

Mrs Michelle Guy
Alliance Party
Lagan Valley

Tabled Date: 12/02/2026
Answered On Date: 18/03/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of Health Reviews at one year recorded as Contact Late in 2024-25, broken down by the number of months they were late.

Answer:

The table below presents the available data from the South Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Belfast Health and Social Care Trusts (HSCTs) for one-year reviews recorded as Contact Late in 2024-25.

Months Late	NHSCT	SHSCT	BHSCT	SEHSCT
<1 month	796	643	613	320
1–2 months	497	308	389	99
2–3 months	274	185	202	10
3–4 months	171	97	108	5
4–5 months	86	55	55	3
5–6 months	49	46	24	1
6–7 months	21	7	16	N/A
7–8 months	10	6	8	N/A
8–9 months	3	4	6	N/A
9–10 months	3	N/A	2	N/A
10–11 months	1	1	N/A	N/A
12–13 months	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
13–14 months	2	N/A	N/A	N/A

The Western HSCT does not record lateness by month; instead, they provide quarterly totals, reporting 97 late reviews in quarter one, 91 in quarter two, 70 in quarter three and 100 in quarter four.

Delays in reviews can arise for a number of reasons, including child or parental illness, parental requests to postpone, staffing pressures due to vacancies or leave, and occasional recording errors.