Committee for Health

06 May 2026

Committee visit

• Visit to St Francis Hospice, Dublin

07 May 2026

• Dept of Health - Permanent Secretary Neighbourhood Scheme
• Dept of Health - formal response to Access to Palliative Care Services Inquiry
• Dept of Health - Public Inquiries Implementation Programme Management Board (written briefing)
• Dept of Health - Winter Preparedness (written briefing)
• Dept of Health - Mental Health Strategy (written briefing)
• Dept of Health - Homecare Services (written briefing)

13 May 2026

Balmoral Show

• Farm Families Health Checks
• MyCare overview - The Patient Portal

21 May 2026

• SR Jam and Similar Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018
• SL1 New Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
• NI Fire and Rescue Service - overview
• Law Society of Northern Ireland - Mental Capacity Order
• Dept of Health - Workforce Policy (written briefing)
• Dept of Health - Workforce strategies within the Transformation Agenda (written briefing)

28 May 2026

• Dept of Health - Stroke Action Plan
• Dept of Health - Cancer Strategy (written briefing)
• Dept of Health - Implementation of Adoption and Children's Act (written briefing)

3 June 2026

Committee Visit

• Shared visit to England GPs with Minister and British Medical Association

4 June 2026

Event

• Neighbourhood Model Roundtable Event - Mental Health Champion 

4 June 2026

• SL1 New Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
• PEOLC Sector Reps - Scoping of Specialist Palliative Care Services for Children and Adults
• Dept of Health - Substance Use Strategy (written briefing)
• Dept of Health - Hospital Car Parking (written briefing)
• Dept of Health - New Children's Hospital Update (written briefing)