Debate contribution: Waiting Times
Debate contribution by Mr Robin Swann on .
- MLA
- Mr Robin Swann
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 4 March 2024
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Waiting Times
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4254595
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I thank the Member for his point about the validation of statistics in Northern Ireland. We take that very seriously in the Department. The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) and the information and analysis directorate (IAD) advise on what we publish. The South Eastern Trust figures are delayed until we get them completely validated in what is a new system. I hope that Encompass produces a more streamlined, safer healthcare records system, because it is being brought forward at a significant cost to the Department of Health and Northern Ireland. I look forward to the information that is held on those computer systems leading to a more effective, safer healthcare system in Northern Ireland.
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