Freedom of Information disclosures 2024
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The Department receives and answers an array of FOI requests each year. In this section you will find examples of the type of requests received and answers given for 2024.
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Documents
- DOH/2024 - 0338 - HEPA Air Cleaners
- DOH/2024-0336 - NI suicide figures 2023-24
- DOH/2024-0335 - Cycling related injuries
- DOH/2024 - 0334 - Car parking at Daisy Hill Hospital
- DOH/2024-0329 - Annual statistics concerning Freedom of Information & Environmental Information Regulations requests received in the year 2023
- DOH/2024-0328 - Responsibility for new Public Health Bill
- DOH/2024-0327 - Hospital admissions and attendances
- DOH/2024-0326 - The WHSCT Annual Report
- DOH/2024-0323 - Knee and hip replacement procedures carried out in NI from January 1 2023 until November 30 2024
- DOH/2024-0318 - Types of A&E Departments
- DOH/2024-0317 - Newly diagnosed Haemophiliac and Von Willebrand patients
- DOH/2024-0313 - Any internal assessment or external assessment used to inform the Department on the impact of the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current on core departmental services
- DOH/2024-0312 - Historical vaccine trials
- DOH/2024-0311 - Number of children under 18 diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes within all five HSC trusts, 2020-2023
- DOH/2024-0307 - E-Mail Correspondence Between The Department And The General Medical Council Regarding Physician Associates
- DOH/2024-0305 - Public Health Bill Consultation
- DOH/2024-0303 - Emergency Departments waiting lists
- DOH/2024-0302 - Eating disorders
- DOH/2024-0301 - Workplace Statistics
- DOH/2024-0299 - Number of flights (and their cost) taken by Minister from Feb 2024 to present
- DOH/2024-0297 - Weekly units of alcohol consumed, by sex and 10 year age-band, in 2013, Northern Ireland.
- DOH/2024-0296 - Media engagements and interviews involving the Health Minister since 1 February 2024
- DOH/2024-0292 - Prisoners and pregnancy or childbirth
- DOH/2024-0291 - CMV tests referrals
- DOH/2024-0290 - Process and standards used by the department to redact documents
- DOH/2024-0287 - The“30 days mortality” statistics
- DOH/2024-0285 - Please name the members of The Bill Team which constructed the Public Health Bill whose consultation period ended on 14th October 2024. For clarification, please include all members participating during 2024.
- DOH/2024-0282 - FOI Requests from Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) Campaign Group
- DOH/2024-0281 - Number of NHS IT Projects undertaken since 2000
- DOH/2024-0280 - Health workers
- DOH/2024-0279 - Ex-smokers data
- DOH/2024-0278 - Vexatious Requests
- DOH/2024-0277 - ASD assessment within the Western Health Trust
- DOH/2024-0276 - Gallbladder removal surgery
- DOH/2024-0275 - Capital priority plan
- DOH/2024-0271 - Physician Associates
- DOH/2024-0270 - Impact of the Withdrawal of Winter Fuel Allowance
- DOH/2024-0267 - Spending on events and marketing
- DOH/2024-0266 - Spending on events and marketing
- DOH/2024-0265 - Spending on events and marketing
- DOH/2024-0264
- DOH/2024-0256 - Suspension of Emergency General Surgery in SWAH
- DOH/2024-0255 - Theatre utilisation review
- DOH/2024-0253 - Breakdown of spending on marketing and advertising
- DOH/2024-0250 - Defamation action taken by Health Minister Robin Swann against Van Morrison
- DOH/2024-0249 - Defamation action taken by Health Minister Robin Swann against Van Morrison
- DOH/2024-0247 - Vaccinations
- DOH/2024-0246 - Foreign nationals on NHS waiting lists
- DOH/2024-0245 - Correspondence in relation to Robin Swann article in Rolling Stone magazine
- DOH/2024-0244 - Covid Vaccines
- DOH/2024-0243 - The business case for the SWAH
- DOH/2024-0241 and 0261 - Plans made by DoH to restore emergency general surgery at the SWAH
- DOH/2024-0240 - AI & SAI numbers for Trust Areas 2019-2024
- DOH/2024-0239 - Documentation re TYC Consultation
- DOH/2024-0238 - GIRFT work in Northern Ireland
- DOH/2024-0237 - CMO Advice on the extending of the emergency temporary ban on puberty blockers to Northern Ireland
- DOH/2024-0229 - Number of Information Requests made to DoH between 2021-2024
- DOH/2024-0228 - White (Transformation of HSC in NI, Bengoa Report)
- DOH/2024-0226 - Hamill (Major Trauma Network)
- DOH/2024-0224 - Information on Special Advisers
- DOH/2024-0222 - ED waiting times
- DOH/2024-0220 - Number of hip and knee surgeries in last five years
- DOH/2024-0216 - Hughes Report and prescribing of Sodium Valproate
- DOH/2024-0213 - ADHD Services
- DOH/2024-0207 - Number of x-rays carried out on care home and nursing home patients in 2022-23
- DOH/2024-0200 - Number of abortions in Northern Ireland from 2019 - 2023
- DOH/2024-0194 - Number of patients admitted due to Covid-19 and influenza/respiratory illnesses
- DOH/2024-0193 - Excess deaths investigation in Northern Ireland including timescales and remit
- DOH/2024-0187 - Acute Programme of Care Specialty Summary
- DOH/2024-0186 - The Down and Connor Catholic Welfare Society - material relating to compliance with the 1969 Adoption Society Regs (NI)
- DOH/2024-0183 - Local Commissioning Group (LCG) guidelines or polices for the treatment of obesity
- DOH/2024-0176 - Direct payments
- DOH/2024-0175 - Agency Expenditure
- DOH/2024-0171 - Services rendered to film and television productions
- DOH/2024-0169 - Medical negligence
- DOH/2024 - 0168 - Communications between DoH and DfC regarding Irish Language Strategy
- DOH/2024 - 0167 - Terminations January to December in 2023 and January to June in 2024
- DOH/FOI 2024 - 0166 - Suicides Under Investigation
- DOH/2024 - 0165 - Details of DoH Capital Investment Programme
- DOH/2024 - 0163 - Haematology Hospitals
- DOH/FOI - 2024 - 0161 - Johnston
- DOH/2024 - 0155 - Migrants Accessing the Health Service
- DOH/2024 - 0154 - Social Media Management and Listening Tools
- DOH/2024-0153 - Independent Inspection of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
- DOH/2024 - 0151 - Contract Adjudication Group
- DOH/2024 - 0150 - Children's Homes
- DOH/2024 - 0149 - Nuffield Trust – Promotions and Presentation Events
- DOH/2024 - 0146 - Volunteer Drivers as a support service to N.I. Ambulance Service
- DOH/2024-0145 - Retraction of Recurrent Budgets by the Department Of Health
- DOH/2024-0144-Consultants per population
- DOH/2024-0141 - Submission Process in DoH re. Withdrawal of Service
- DOH/2024-0138-Regional Procurement Framework for Private Ambulance Providers
- DOH/2024 - 0136 - Facilitating the trade of medicines from GB to Northern Ireland
- DOH/2024 - 0134 - Nuffield Trust - Costs
- DOH/2024 - 0132 - BSL videos on DoH website
- DOH/2024 - 0129 - Cervical Cancer
- DOH/2024 - 0124 - Paedriatric waiting lists
- DOH/2024 - 0118 - Red Flag breast cancer referrals
- DOH/2024 - 0117 - GIRFT Programme
- DOH/2024 - 0115 - Number of registered Allied Health Professionals working in the NHS from 2020 to 2024
- DOH/FOI 2024 - 0112 - PPE purchases during the Covid 19 Pandemic
- DOH/2024 - 0107 - Spend on Office Supplies and Associated Products
- DOH/2024 - 0106 - DoH Business Continuity Management Policy
- DOH/2024 - 0105 - Organisational Responses - Re-introduction of Hospital Parking Charges Consultation
- DOH/2024 - 0105 - Hospital Parking Charges Consultation
- DOH/2024 - 0104 - Number of available and occupied beds in acute hospitals
- DOH/2024 - 0103 - Special Adviser expenses
- DOH/2024 - 0100 - Gifts and Hospitality accepted by DoH Staff
- DOH/2024 - 0099 - Official statistics on directly employed HSC NI staff numbers
- DOH/2024 - 0097 - HSC Transformation Programme – PTEB, ITAB and ECP meetings
- DOH/2024-0294 - Inspection of Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
- DOH/2024 - 0092 - NIBTS Chief Executive Job Evaluation
- DOH/2024 - 0089 - Farrans Construction Company Contracts
- DOH/2024 - 0085 - ED Waits
- DOH/2024 - 0084 - Patients detained under Mental Health Order
- DOH/2024 - 0081 - Retaining External Companies
- DOH/2024 - 0080 - Funding for Positive Life NI charity
- DOH/2024 - 0077 - Social Media Management Platforms and Tools
- DOH/2024 - 0076 - Ministerial cars and drivers
- DOH/2024 - 0075 - Capital Expenditure
- DOH/2024 - 0074 - Birth defects
- DOH/2024 - 0072 - Holywell Hospital
- DOH/2024 - 0070 - Amount spent on photography/videography
- DOH/2024 - 0069 - Nuffield Trust – Health Committee briefing
- DOH/2024 - 0065 - Department of Health owned or rented properties
- DOH 2024-0064 - Never Events reported to the SPPG since 2019
- DOH/2024 - 0062 - Training and Costs
- DOH/2024 - 0059 - Dunmurry Manor whole system review
- DOH/2024 - 0057 - Hidradenitis suppurativa
- DOH/2024 - 0056 - DoH paper E(21) 233(C)
- DOH/2024 - 0054 - Decision to extend the Protect Life 2 Strategy
- DOH/2024 - 0052 - Staff Dealing with FOI, EIR and Data Protection Requests
- DOH/2024 - 0049 - Copy of First day brief a) to Health Minister Robin Swann b) to NIA Health Committee
- DOH/2024 - 0046 - Graduate Medical Support
- DOH/2024 - 0045 - Cleaning audits
- DOH/2024 - 0044 - Work Permits
- DOH/2024 - 0041 - Buildings used or leased under a Private Finance Initiative
- DOH/2024 - 0040 - Membership of the Cancer Strategy Programme Board
- DOH/2024 - 0038 - Referrals to private hospitals
- DOH/2024 - 0034 - Haemophilia patients
- DOH/2024 - 0033 - Costs - Social Media 'influencers'
- DOH/2024 - 0032 – Review of Sudden Death Notification Process
- DOH/2024 - 0027 - Number of invites issued to ministers to attend individual briefings in relation to Covid
- DOH/2024 - 0029 - Introductory materials which have been prepared for or provided to the new Minister, Robin Swann MLA, including but not limited to the “First Day Brief”
- DOH/2024 - 0028 - Minister Swann correspondence with the Executive
- DOH/2024 - 0025 - Infant deaths
- DOH/2024 - 0021 - Domestic Vaccine Certification
- DOH/2024 - 0020 - Copy of Document HSS (MD) 692021
- DOH/2024 - 0018 - Process for Registering a Patient Gender Re-assignment
- DOH/2024 - 0017 - Hospitals affected by RAAC Concrete
- DOH/2024 - 0016 - Emergency Department waits
- DOH/2024 0015 - Adult Safeguarding Data
- DOH/ 2024 - 0014 - GP Independent Prescriber Patient Consultations LPCCC
- DOH/2024 - 0013 - Misuse of Drugs Regulations
- DOH/2024 - 0012 - Total spend on communications and public relations for the last three financial years (20/21,21/22,22/23).
- DOH/2024 - 0010 - The number of patients reporting to NI hospitals with heroin addiction in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
- DOH/2024 - 0008 - A&E and Mental Health waiting times
- DOH/2024 - 0007 - Cost for Translation and Interpretation Activities
- DOH/2024 - 0006 - Number of deaths
- DOH/2024 - 0005 - The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014
- DOH/2024 - 0003 - Physical abuse towards staff
- DOH/2024 - 0002 - Breakdown of Serious Adverse Incident (SAI) investigations between 2019 and 2023
- DOH/2024-0001 - Cases of rickets or osteomalacia in Muslim women