Debate contribution: Health
Debate contribution by Mr Mike Nesbitt on .
- MLA
- Mr Mike Nesbitt
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 15 June 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Question for Urgent Oral Answer
- Heading
- Health
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5614318
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Text
I thank the Member. That was a very difficult intervention but a very important one because it proves something that is absolutely fundamental, which is that all healthcare is personal. It is as personal as it gets. They have done wonders for you. I get really fed up when people say that the health and social care system is broken: it is not. The pathways in are badly damaged because we have long waiting lists, but, once you get there, the service that you get is world class. I am so pleased that you and your baby got world-class treatment. It does not matter whether they were international colleagues or indigenous workers; they are meeting a stranger who is having problems — in the Member's case, with a pregnancy — and they pull out all the stops. They do their best to get you to a better place because they have commitment, and that is magnificent, even though they will probably never see you again. I thank you for sharing.
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