Debate contribution: Neighbourhood Model of Care
Debate contribution by Mr Mike Nesbitt on .
- MLA
- Mr Mike Nesbitt
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 13 January 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Neighbourhood Model of Care
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5316148
Read the official Assembly record
Text
I thank the Member for her observation. Of course, I want patients and communities to be involved in the model. Without their buy-in, it will be very difficult to achieve. For me, the starting point has to be talking to the experts who know how to deliver a neighbourhood scheme. I will take you back to what Professor Bengoa said to me when he was last here: "Be very tight on your outcomes but very loose on how you achieve them, because you are not a nurse, a doctor, a GP, a clinician, a surgeon or, indeed, a health service administrator. I mentioned my Live Better initiative to look at health inequalities, which began in two demonstration areas. Those models were based on liaison with populations that we were there to serve. Those two different populations — one urban population in Derry/Londonderry and one urban population in Belfast — came up with different desires. It is my desire that rolling out the neighbourhood model will not be a one-size-fits-all but will, indeed, reflect the desires of local populations.
178 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.03 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.84).
- No identity-based framing was identified (1.00).
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.
This is an AI-generated assessment of the text, made against published criteria. It is not a finding of fact about the MLA or their intentions. The Assembly record itself is the fact.
Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.03 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.01 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.02 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.02 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.03 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.84 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.03 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 1.00 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.95 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.02 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.01 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.01 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.01 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 14:17 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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