Debate contribution: Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Final Report
Debate contribution by Mr Mike Nesbitt on .
- MLA
- Mr Mike Nesbitt
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 22 June 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Ministerial Statement
- Heading
- Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Final Report
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5637811
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On the second point, I understand that all but one of the patients have now been allocated a new set of living circumstances. I am also assured that one reason for it having taken longer than it was first anticipated to close Muckamore Abbey Hospital is that such considerable care has been taken in trying to meet the patients' individual needs. I certainly want to test that when I engage with the families.
The Member mentioned how impactful the report is to read for families, never mind us. Again, one question that I want to ask the families is this: in reading the report, were they shocked, or were they just affirmed by seeing what they knew all along in black and white in a report by an official body, such as a public inquiry? Does that justify and affirm what they have been saying all along, particularly given the fact that they started from a position where the authorities said, "We do not believe you"? Scandalous.
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