AQW 43552/22-27
Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast
Tabled Date: 31/03/2026
Answered On Date: 17/04/2026
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of private patients in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust who have used insurance or self-funding mechanisms to have a private procedure in the HSC Cardiac Catheterisation Labs in the 2025-26 financial year, in the category of (i) diagnostic catheterisations; and (ii) percutaneous cardiac interventions and angioplasty.
Answer:
The table below outlines the number of private patients recorded by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, who have used insurance or self-funding mechanisms to have a private procedure in the Belfast Trust’s Cardiac Catheterisation Labs in 2025/26 for diagnostic catheterisations and percutaneous cardiac interventions and angioplasty. 2025/2026 Cardiac Procedure Type | Private Patients Total | | | Diagnostic Catheterisations | 62 | Cardiac Angioplasty (PCI) +/- Stents | 23 |
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