Debate contribution: Hip Surgery: Waiting Times

Debate contribution by Mr Robbie Butler on 21 September 2026.

MLA: Mr Robbie Butler
Party at the time: Ulster Unionist Party
Date: 21 September 2026
Type: Debate contribution (made as a minister)
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Hip Surgery: Waiting Times
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5742275

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I thank the Member for raising that matter. All those things remain under constant review, because we have to ensure that public expenditure on provision lines up with policy. The health service exists to provide care for our people, however. Since becoming an MLA, I have been inundated with questions from people who work in our health service about how we treat people and keep them from being off sick. The Executive, rather than just me, probably need to look at that, because it would be unfair to look just at people who work in the health service and not at any other public-sector workers. That is a wider discussion to be had. I can, however, give the Member a commitment today that all those things remain under review to ensure that we spend the money that we have on providing the best care that we can for the people who need it most.

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