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 5614322
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All trusts have fora for engagement with staff. All trusts recognise the relevant trade unions, which are another channel for expressing concerns or discussing how we might better support all staff and not just international colleagues, although it is clear that international colleagues have concerns at this time. I fear that those concerns will remain valid and that racism is not going to go away. It may have left our streets and may stay off our streets, and I certainly hope that it does, but there are fundamentals underlying that. Domiciliary care and community capacity are a bit more difficult, because a lot of it is managed by private care providers. The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority will undertake inspection and speak to everybody in Health and Social Care who provides care. Mechanisms, procedures and protocols are therefore in place to try to ensure that we continually focus on the safety of our staff and workforce.
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