Debate contribution: Domiciliary Care Services: Rural Areas

Debate contribution by Mr Mike Nesbitt on 5 May 2026.

MLA: Mr Mike Nesbitt
Party at the time: Ulster Unionist Party
Date: 5 May 2026
Type: Debate contribution (made as a minister)
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Domiciliary Care Services: Rural Areas
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5524684

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Without an additional £800 million, I will struggle in that area, as I will in many others, but I am focused on it. On 2 March, Independent Health and Care Providers (IHCP) issued correspondence to my permanent secretary about its significant concerns about the structure, cost and workforce profile of the Southern Trust's home care model. The correspondence was further to a freedom of information request that IHCP sent to all trusts about their home care services. The Member is on the Committee for Health, which has a statutory duty to assist and advise. I am all ears.

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