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Asked by Paula

AQW 5604/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health

To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the timescale for ensuring all daycare surgery is carried out in elective care centres.

Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 8 July 2020

  • Answered
  • Written
Tabled
8 July 2020
Answer due by
27 July 2020
Answered
10 July 20202 days after tabling
Department
Department of Health
Priority question
No

Answer

The planned development of daycase elective care centres was underpinned by the benefits of separating planned and unscheduled care. This principle is even more important in the context of the ongoing pandemic.

In the Strategic Framework for Rebuilding HSC Services I have given a commitment to exploring the feasibility of establishing dedicated Elective Care Centres to facilitate the continuation of some planned activity in the event of increasing demand for COVID-19 treatment arising from a second wave of the pandemic. I plan to publish plans for rebuilding daycase elective care shortly.

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