Debate contribution: Healthcare: Integrated 111 Service

Debate contribution by Mr Mike Nesbitt on .

MLA
Mr Mike Nesbitt
Party at the time
Ulster Unionist Party
Date
18 May 2026
Type
Debate contribution (made as a minister)
Business
Opposition Business
Heading
Healthcare: Integrated 111 Service
Assembly identifier
Official Report component 5548809

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Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank Mr McGrath for proposing the motion and all who have contributed to the debate. We all agree that the situation in our emergency departments is symptomatic of wider pressures, rising demand, more complex patient needs and constrained social care or community capacity. If I had a magic wand, that is where I would be waving it, because —.

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