Debate contribution: Health Service: Accountability

Debate contribution by Mr Mike Nesbitt on 29 June 2026.

MLA: Mr Mike Nesbitt
Party at the time: Ulster Unionist Party
Date: 29 June 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Health Service: Accountability
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5644902

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First, I have mentioned tomorrow's health summit. That is about putting patient safety at the top of the list of priorities for the leadership of Health and Social Care. Secondly, on an individual duty of candour, I again refer the Member to the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, commonly known as the Hillsborough law, which is making its way through Westminster. It places a statutory duty of candour and assistance on public authorities and, I stress, officials, and there is a new criminal offence of misleading the public. I think that that satisfies what the Member is talking about when he mentions having an individual duty of candour, but we shall see, because the legislation has not yet completed its passage.

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