Debate contribution: Budget: Health and Social Care Pay Award

Debate contribution by Mr Colin McGrath on 24 November 2025.

MLA: Mr Colin McGrath
Party at the time: Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date: 24 November 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Budget: Health and Social Care Pay Award
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5254376

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Thank you. Absolutely, we need to pay our staff, but, if the budget books are not balanced, if we have had to slash the money that was being made available for waiting lists to deal with that and if we go into next year's budget with trusts that are pared back to the bone and will probably struggle to find any more savings, how perilous will our health service be?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 1811/22-27.

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