AQW 42792/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients who have been reimbursed for treatment costs for cataract surgery under the Waiting List Reimbursement Scheme, in each of the last five years.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 19 March 2026
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 19 March 2026
- Answer due by
- 3 April 2026
- Answered
- 10 April 202622 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Waiting List Reimbursement Scheme (WLRS) commenced 2 June 2025. To date my Department has approved fewer than 5 WLRS applications for cataract surgery. We have not yet received any claims for reimbursement of cataract surgery under the Scheme.