Freedom of Information disclosures 2025
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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 2025.
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Documents
- DOH/2025-0001 - Covid-19 data
- DOH/2025-0002 - Number of operational theatres in NI hospitals
- DOH/2025-0010 - SAI DRO Guidance & Policy Information
- DOH/2025-0012 - Amount spent by each Department on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) training courses 2019-2024 (to date)
- DOH/2025-0014 - The combined spend on Agency staff costs across all trusts in Northern Ireland and the percentage of total staff costs
- DOH/2025-0015 - The number of times representatives from Hospitality Ulster have met with the Minister or Permanent Secretary between January 1, 2020, to December 31 2024, by year. Any correspondence between Hospitality Ulster and the Minister
- DOH/2025-0017 - The 1966 Hospital Plan
- DOH/2025-0018 - Murdered and Abused Children
- DOH/2025-0025 - GPs requirements re. completion of DLA forms
- DOH/2025-0027 - Number of patients who have waited 24 hours or more in major Emergency Departments in Northern Ireland for every month from October 2024 to date, for Northern Ireland and broken down by HSC Trust.
- DOH/2025-0028 - Please provide a breakdown of conferences, visits and trips to locations outside the UK and Ireland involving the minister during the last 12 months, since the Executive returned
- DOH/2025-0029 - children diagnosed with autism
- DOH/2025-0030 - Dental Access Scheme August 24 to Jan 25 Information
- DOH/2025-0031 - Dental Access Scheme August 24 to Jan 25 Information
- DOH/2025-0032 - NHS Dentists and Patient Referral Information
- DOH/2025-0033 - Funding per child under a Full Care Order
- DOH/2025-0035 & 0036 - Question and Response: Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
- DOH/2025-0037 - LAST Surestart Allocated Budget Queries
- DOH/2025-0040 - Racecourse Medical Group GP Contracting Information
- DOH/2025-0041 - Private Healthcare Expenditure 2223 & 2324
- DOH/2025-0043 - Data Protection Impact Assessments completed prior to the Access to Adoption Records
- DOH/2025-0045 - NI Daycare Owners meetings with DoH
- DOH/2025-0047 - Minutes of meetings
- DOH/2025-0051 - Tendering process for the new Children’s Hospital at the Royal Victoria Hospital site
- DOH/2025-0053 - Tier 4 Addiction Services Consultation Responses
- DoH/2025-0055 - e-mail from the Health Minister to the Chief Medical officer dated 23 August 2022 instructing the Public Health Agency and the Information Analysis directorate to investigate excess deaths.
- DOH/2025-0056 - Ralphs Close
- DOH/2025-0057 - Ralphs Close
- DOH/2025-0058 - Lowe for publication
- DOH/2025-0061 - Individual Funding Requests (IFRs) for Canakinumab
- DOH/2025-0062 - Contact with Tobacco Companies
- DOH/2025-0063 - Managing High Professional Standards (MHPS) Review Panels Questionnaires
- DOH/2025-0064 - LAST Surestart Allocated Budget 2223 to 2425
- DOH/2025-0065 -Non-use of abiraterone for prostate cancer sufferers
- DOH/2025-0066 - Financial Returns by Trusts for LD POC Services 23/24
- DOH/2025-0067-Number of preschool children in NI who attend the ED
- DOH/2025-0068 - Audiology appointments
- DOH/2025-0069 - Primary Care Rebate Scheme Information
- DOH/2025-0070 - Serious Adverse Incidents in the NI Health Service
- DOH/2025-0071 - A record of any interactions that Minister Nesbitt or Minister Swann has had with ChatGPT or similar AI chatbots in an official capacity from February 2024 to present.
- DOH/2025-0072 - Pilot PDS Contract Information
- DOH/2025-073 - A detailed itemised list of all expenses incurred, including but not limited to flights, accommodation, transport, meals, and any other associated costs for the trip undertaken by the Health Minister to Washington DC in March 2025
- DOH/2025-0076 - endoscopy waits
- DOH/2025-0078 - August Anti-Immigration Disorder and its Aftermath
- DOH/2025-0081 - Isolation of the covid 19 virus
- DOH/2025-0082 - Role of Brian O Hagan the Department of Health
- DOH/2025-0084 - The number of 18-25 year olds sectioned under the Mental Health Act in Northern Ireland, quarterly from 2019
- DOH/2025-0087 - Spinal Strokes
- DOH/2025-0091 - Access to Birth Records Guidance
- DOH/2025-0092 - Amendments of primary legislation re: published departmental standards
- DOH/2025-0092 - Review reports or audits the DOH has carried out since 2010 relating to Adult Safeguarding
- DOH/2025-0093 - GP Practice Based Counselling Information March 2025
- DOH/2025-0094 - Inequalities and hospital admissions due to accidents
- DOH/2025-0096 - Learning Disability POC Services Financial Queries
- DOH/2025-0097 - Capitation Rates and Allocation of Resources in HSC
- DOH/2025/099 - Fort George
- DOH/2025-0100 - COVID-19 Data
- DOH/2025-0101 - Tier 4 Addiction Services Review and Business Case
- DOH/2025-0102 - list of organisations and individuals consulted with at ‘pre-consultation’ stage on the SAI project
- DOH/2025-0103 - ED Waits
- DOH/2025-0104 - Paediatric Pathology Service Information
- DOH/2025-0106 - Prevalence and/or diagnosis rates
- DOH/2025-0107 - Information Management
- DOH/2025-0108 - Correspondence relating to excess deaths
- DOH/2025-0109 -Number of patients who have waited 24 hours or more in major Emergency Departments
- DOH/2025-0110 - Family Medical History and Care-Experienced Patients
- DOH/2025-0111 - Diabetes Network Meeting Minutes Jan 2022 to present
- DOH/2025-0113 - Child hospital admissions for dental extractions
- DOH/2025-0115 - Children's Social Care Stats
- DOH/2025-0116 - Guidance on Hyperthyroidism
- DOH/2025-0117 - Business case for £1m addiction centre in Derry
- DOH/2025-0119 - GMGR Historical Records
- DOH/2025-0120 -Physical activity status, by sex and 10 year age-band
- DOH/2025-0121 - External Review of Cardiac Unit RVH Information
- DOH/2025-0123 - GP Adverse Incidents and Serious Adverse Incidents 2019 - 2024
- DOH/2025-0124 - Mental Health Strategy Regional Outcomes Framework
- DOH/2025-0125 - Cross-border radiotherapy services at North West Cancer Centre
- DOH/2025-0126 - Disabled children registered as on the edge of care
- DOH/2025 - 0128 - Discussions with SafeFood regarding north/south funding arrangements for North/South Implementation Bodies
- DOH/2025-0131 (002)
- DOH/2025-0132 - Period Products Act
- DOH/2025-0134 - Expenditure re. maxillofacial surgery in mainland UK
- DOH/2025-0135 - Correspondence and Records Regarding Dalradian Gold, Conduct of Mark Ovens and Health Risk Documents
- DOH/2025-0137 - Pharmacy and Medical Advisor Recruitment
- DOH/2025-0141 - GMGR Categories and Review
- DOH/2025-0142 - FOI Staff Training Material
- DOH/2025-0143 - Full Dispersal Funding for Migrants
- DOH/2025-0144 - Available inpatient beds
- DOH/2025-0145 - Emergency Departments
- DOH/2025-0150 - Maternity and Children's hospital
- DOH/2025-0151 - Hybrid Working
- DOH/FOI 0155-2025 - minutes of meetings between Mark Ovens and the following individuals from January to March 2025
- Appendix 12 - Exemption Schedule
- Meeting note -Health Committee Chair intro - 04 February 2025
- DOH/2025-0156 - Pharmacy and Medical Advisor Recruitment
- DOH/2025-0157 - Dual Language Signage
- DOH/2025-0159 - Luke Butterly - Racial Discrimination
- DOH/2025-0160 - SHMI Summary Hospital-level Mortality Index
- DOH/2025-0161 radiology emergency medicine fracture claims
- DOH/2025-0162 - Financial Returns by Trust for LD Services 2425 & SRFs for 23/24 & 25/26
- DOH/2025-0164 - Bilateral oophorectomy surgeries
- DOH/2025-0165 - cardiology NTNs and consultants
- DOH/2025-0167 - Number of FOI requests answered within 20 workings days since 2019
- DOH/025-0168 - Trust expenditure on agency staff
- DOH/2025-0169 - External Review of Cardiac Unity RVH Costs
- DOH/2025-0170 - Pandemic Readiness and Hospital Reconfiguration
- DOH/2025-0171 - Hospital Reconfiguration Consultation which closed on 28th February 2025
- DOH/2025-0173 hospital acquired covid (002)
- DOH/2025-0175 - Medical Negligence
- DOH/2025 - 0176 - Documents relating to Permanent Secretary’s Neurology Recall Assurance Group
- DOH/2025-0177 - Abortions
- DOH/2025-0178 - The appointment of Dr Jennifer Hill by the Health Minister.
- DOH/2025-0181 Antimicrobial resistance
- DOH/2025 - 0183 - access to the unredacted version of the letter dated 9 December 2024, addressed to Ms. Charlene Kelly, regarding the investigation into My Health Digital Ltd T/
- DOH/2025-0184 admitted non admitted Type 1 ED
- DOH/2025-0185 SHSCT - Reappointment
- DOH/2025-0186 - Bullying and Harassment Policy and Complaints Process
- DOH/2025-0187 - Supervision and Monitoring of WHSCT re SWAH EGS
- DOH/2025-0188 - Data for Northern Ireland relating to brain aneurysms and subarachnoid haemorrhage
- DOH/2025-0189 - Gender Identity Review & Liaison Group Information
- DOH/2025-0190 - Health needs Belvoir and Milltown
- DOH/2025-0194 - Deaths from emergency and elective surgery
- DOH/2025-0197 - Ewing's Sarcoma Clusters Statistics
- DOH/2025-0198 - Emergency General Surgery at South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) between October 1, 2024 and June 1, 2025.
- DOH/2025-0199 - Meetings between Department of Health and Safefood
- DOH/2025-0200 -Northern Ireland Executives decision to ban the use of puberty blockers
- DOH/2025-0204 The development, commissioning or operation of any gender identity service for adults, children and young people
- DOH/2025-0206 Ozempic/GLP1
- DOH/2025-0207 - Funding Allocations for Mental Health & Addiction Services
- DOH/2025-0208 - Documents relating to Gender Recognition services
- DOH/2025-0209 - Structured Diabetes Education (SDE) Information
- DOH/2025-0210 - Encompass Northern Ireland Single Assessment Tool (NISAT)
- DOH/2025-0212 NI SHMI statistics
- DOH/2025-0213 - Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) Level 3 Certificate (Health Specific) Development Programme Monies
- DOH/2025-0216-Training materials used in the delivery of training, for social workers in adoption agencies
- DOH/2025-0218 - Hormonal Replacement Therapy (HRT) shortages
- DOH/2025-0220 - Eating disorders
- DOH/2025-0222 - ADHD Shared Care Agreements
- DOH/2025 and 0226-Regional Public Health Agency Suicide Prevention Care Pathway
- DOH/2025-0228 Gynaecological operations
- DOH/2025-0232 - Adult Safeguarding Statistics
- DOH/2025-0234 Table of Projected Annual Revenue Costs - Hospital Car Parking (1)
- DOH/2025-0235 - Child Mental Health Statistics 2020-2024
- DOH/2025-0236 - ADHD Shared Care Agreements and Guidance
- DOH/2025-0238 - Expenditure of Private Residential Care 24/25
- DOH/2025-0239-Dermatology waiting times
- DOH/2025-0240 - Prescription Costs for Paracetamol in Northern Ireland
- DoH/2025-0241 - Reports or assessments relating to oxygen generators commissioned by the Belfast Trust in 2020-2021 and sent to India in May 2021 - Correspondence relating to the oxygen generators between January 1 2020 and May 9 2021
- DOH/2025-0245 - Intimidation, Safeguarding and Rights Information 2020-2025
- DOH/2025-0248 - GP Surgery Contact Details
- DOH/2025-0249 - The RQIA chief executive and chairman told the health committee this week that they have powers to conduct reviews and investigations
- DOH/2025-0251 - Looked After Children (LAC) Information last 3 years
- DOH/2025-0250 - Lifespan Gender Identity Service Information
- DOH/2025-0253 - Cushings Disease Pharmacy Management
- DOH/2025-0254 All communications regarding any possible children's cancer cluster
- DOH/2025/0255 - Meetings and Assessments Relating to the Zero Discount (ZD) Pilot Process
- DOH/2025-0257 - The number of patients in Northern Ireland diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) (or functional neurological symptoms) per year.
- DOH/2025-0258 Covid 19 vaccine post marketing surveillance and public communication
- DOH/2025-0259 Child Health
- DOH/2025/0260 - Perinatal Post Mortem Costs since 2020
- DOH/2025-0262 - Governance Documentation for Data Sharing (Neurology Recall 2018)
- DOH/2025-0264 - Statistics on Delivery Delay & Shortages of Medical Oxygen
- DOH/2025-0266 ED waits
- DOH/2025-0267 Adult Safeguarding Statistics
- DOH/2025-0271 Mental health in pregnant and postpartum women
- DOH/2025-0270 - Minister's decision to halt the Public Health Bill
- DOH/2025-0272 - NICE Guidance re. Treatment of Depression
- DOH/2025-0274 - Indemnity Certificates
- DOH/2025-0275 - Orthopaedic and rheumatology surgery
- DOH/2025-277 - Young People on Child Protection Register
- DOH/2025/0279 - Regional Emergency Social Work Service (RESWS) Reports 24/25
- DOH/2025-0280 - Infections
- DOH/2025-0281 - Autism & ADHD Diagnosis Waiting Times
- DOH/2025-0282 - In a letter from Mr. Nesbitt, Minister of Health, to the Clerk of the Health Committee shared with PPR by the Health Committee and relating to RQIA’s regulation of community mental health services, the Min
- DOH/2025-0285 - Adoption case files held by each Health and Social Care Trust
- DOH/2025/0286 - Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services Commissioning
- DOH/2025-0287 - Intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) injections
- DOH/2025-0291 - Access to CAR-T
- DOH/2025-0293 – RVH staff car parking system
- DOH/2025/0294 - Expenditure on adult post-adoption historic adoption information & support
- DOH/2025-0296 and 0297 - Minister supporting Dalradian Gold’s mining project
- DOH/2025-0298 - ED waits
- DOH/2025-0299 -The minutes of a meeting between the Minister and Sinead McLaughlin MLA and others relating to social services and the family courts
- DOH/2025-0300 - Availability of Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer in Northern Ireland
- DOH/2025-0301 - Hand soap for the bathrooms in Castle Buildings
- DOH/2025-0303 - Assembly Written Questions
- DOH/2025-0304 - A list of the papers submitted by your minister or department
- DOH/2025-0305 - Hospital admissions caused by accidents
- DOH/2025-0306 - Hospital admissions due to hysterectomies
- DOH/2025-0308 -Health Minister’s last five official meetings with the British Medical Association
- DOH/2025-0309 – Correspondence between DoH and NIAS
- DOH/2025-0311 - DUC Emergency Dental Treatment Statistics
- DOH/2025-0312 - Changing Gender Marker on GP Record
- DOH/2025-0314 - Neurology-related litigation
- DOH/2025/0316 - Paediatric Audiology Services & Standards Information
- DOH/2025/0315 - The Neurology Justice Collective is conducting a review of the operation and outputs of the Neurology Compensation Project Board. We are seeking documentation for the period 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023.
- DOH/2025/0317 - Venlafaxine availability in Northern Ireland
- DOH/2025-0318-of admissions for 0-17 year olds into inpatient care
- DOH/2025-0319 - Neurology Recall Consultant Identity Allocation
- DOH/2025-0323 – Infection prevention and control measures 2020-2025
- DOH/2025/0330 - Staff Education Training
- DOH/2025/0322 - • Information showing the communications relating to the Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 Chapter 10
- DOH/2025/0329 - SPPG Guidance Issued to GP Practices re. Neurology Recall (2015–2021)
- DOH/2025-0331 - Smoking prevalence data by sex and age band, ideally as an annual time series from 1970 to the present (or from the earliest year available).
- DOH/2025/0331 - Quangos - Arms Length Bodies
- DOH//2025/0333 - The veterans' commissioner. Una O’Farrell, Pharmacist's Defense Association. Diane McIntyre, Siobhan Casey, Patrick Nelson, Padraig Delargy,
- DOH/2025/0334 - Maternity and children's Hospital
- DOH/2025/0335 - Neurology Recall Oversight Group Documents
- DOH/2025/0337 - ED waits
- DOH/2025/0338 - BPAS Funding re. Abortion Services
- DOH/2025-0341 - Ultra Processed Foods
- DOH/2025/0343 - how many Gold Level public safety events DOH has been involved in for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.