AQW 49020/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health
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.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 18 June 2026
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 18 June 2026
- Answer due by
- 3 July 2026
- Answered
- 21 July 202633 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
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.