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Friday 20 July 2012 Written Answers Psychosexual Counselling Mr B McCrea asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety how many people have received psychosexual counselling in each of the last three years. (AQW 13391/11-15) Mr Poots: Information on the number of people who have received psychosexual counselling in each of the last three years is not available centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Domiciliary Care Providers in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Mr Elliott asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the total legal costs attributable to the defence of the decision to award contracts to four domiciliary care providers in the Western Health and Social Care Trust in June 2011; and whether any costs were paid to the providers who successfully challenged the award of these contracts. (AQW 13408/11-15) Mr Poots: The Trust received four individual legal challenges. The combined cost of dealing with the defence of the four cases was £70,726 including VAT and disbursements. One case was withdrawn and three were settled. The terms of settlement are confidential as between the parties and their legal advisors. Domiciliary Care Providers in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Mr Elliott asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the total cost of the procurement process, including any costs attributable to tendering or decision making, which led to the appointment of four domiciliary care providers in the Western Health and Social Care Trust in June 2011. (AQW 13409/11-15) Mr Poots: The homecare tender project has a dedicated resource of one Project Manager, appointed on 1st March 2009 at an annual cost of approximately £40,000. The evaluation and decision-making responsibilities fell to Trust officers as part of their routine roles within the Trust. No additional cost was therefore entailed. The tender process was facilitated by the ‘e-bravo’ electronic tender system hosted by the Business Services Organisation’s Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS), who also provided guidance as required. Again, this was within the substantive role of PaLS and incurred no additional costs. Domiciliary Care Providers in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Mr Elliott asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety how the new procurement process will be taken forward following the successful challenge by providers over the decision to award contracts to four domiciliary care providers in the Western Health and Social Care Trust in June 2011. (AQW 13410/11-15) Mr Poots: The process will be taken forward by a new tender which will be undertaken in accordance with Public Procurement Regulations 2006 (as amended). As such, it will be advertised in the Official Journal of the E.U. via the “open” procedure. Sufferers of Deuchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy Mr A Maginness asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety what plans he has to establish a centre of excellence for sufferers of Deuchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy. (AQW 13427/11-15) Mr Poots: There are currently no plans to establish such a centre of excellence in Northern Ireland. However, I have asked my officials to collaborate with the Health and Social Care Board in considering the findings and recommendations of the All Party Working Group on Muscular Dystrophy’s “The WA 550
Friday 20 July 2012 Written Answers McCollum Report: Access to specialist neuromuscular care in Northern Ireland”,” which was launched on 3 July, and report back to me. Deuchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy Mr A Maginness asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety what action he is taking to alleviate the suffering of those diagnosed with Deuchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy. (AQW 13428/11-15) Mr Poots: Following diagnosis, people with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy are referred to the Special Regional Muscle Clinic at Belfast City Hospital. This is a generic, all-age neuromuscular clinic at Belfast City Hospital held twice monthly, which has input from Adult and Paediatric Neurologists, an Orthopaedic Surgeon, and Consultant Geneticist. The clinic also provides therapy from Allied Health Profession staff, including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and orthoptics. The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign officer also attends to provide family support. In addition, the Belfast Trust has recently advertised for a new Neuromuscular Nurse Specialist Post, which will cover both adults and children and will have a greater clinical focus. This will establish a nurse-led service that could potentially review patients in their own home as well as in hospital. Mourneside Family Practice, Ballycolman Avenue, Strabane Ms Boyle asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety how many patients (i) are registered with the Mourneside Family Practice, Ballycolman Avenue, Strabane; and (ii) have attended the practice in the last twelve months. (AQW 13429/11-15) Mr Poots: (i) There were 10,780 patients registered with Practice 601, Mourneside Family Practice, Ballycolman Avenue, Strabane as at 1st April 2012. (ii) The information requested is not available centrally. Mourneside Family Practice, Ballycolman Avenue, Strabane Ms Boyle asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety how many car-parking spaces are available to members of the public accessing the Mourneside Family Practice, Ballycolman Avenue, Strabane. (AQW 13430/11-15) Mr Poots: The Mourneside Family Practice, on Ballycolman Avenue in Strabane, is not a Western Health and Social Care Trust facility but is a General Practitioner owned practice. I can confirm, however, that there are 20 public car parking spaces available to the public at this practice. Out-of-hours Services by Western Urgent Care Ms Boyle asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety how many telephone contacts were received by the Western Urgent Care Out of Hours service; and to list the the location of these contacts, broken down by district council area. (AQW 13431/11-15) Mr Poots: The number of telephone contacts received by the Western Urgent Care Out of Hours service during the year April 2011 – March 2012 is shown in the table below. Figures are allocated to District Council area based on the location of the clinician; it should be noted that this may differ from the location of the patient making the call. Information on the location of the patient is not available centrally. WA 551
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