AQW 49020/22-27


Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim


Tabled Date: 18/06/2026
Answered On Date: 21/07/2026
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of allied health professional roles that remain on short-term or non-recurrent funding, broken down by (i) Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) profession.


Answer:
The number of whole time equivalent (WTE) allied health professional roles that remain on short-term or non-recurrent funding, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust and profession is set out in Table 1.
Profession
BHSCTWTE
NHSCTWTE
SEHSCTWTE
SHSCTWTE
WHSCTWTE
Dietetics
7.9
0
0
0
0
Occupational Therapy
0
0
0
0
0
Orthoptics
0
0
0
0
0
Physiotherapy
15.8
0
0
0
0
Podiatry
0
0
0
0
0
Radiography
0
0
0
0
0
Speech and language therapy
0
0
0
0
0
MDT roles
0
3.5
0
0
0
Table 1: Number of allied health professional roles that remain on short-term or non-recurrent funding.