Debate contribution: Silverbirch Medical Practice, Bangor.

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: Silverbirch Medical Practice, Bangor.
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5524753

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I hope that the GPs are getting a sense of the potential offered by shift left to give them the rewards, resources and funding that they have been calling for over a number of years. I am proud to report on one initiative, and it is a shameless replication of my decision to ask Professor Mark Taylor to lead the waiting lists initiative. We can all agree that that has been an outstanding success. I have decided to replicate that, and I am pleased to say that Dr David Ross, who is a well-known and respected general practitioner, has agreed to replicate that role in the roll-out of the neighbourhood model.

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