Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Erin McGreehan - PQ 39553-26
Deputy McGreehan asked about the process and eligibility criteria for patients accessing the Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: May 2026
Updated: July 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health to set out the full process and eligibility criteria for patients accessing the Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme; and to provide the number of applications, approvals, refusals and reimbursements issued under the scheme in each of the past three years, along with any planned changes or improvements.
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