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  2. Debate contribution: Neurology Services: Regional Review

    I thank the Member for her question. I express my condolences to Mr Blair on his loss. Neurology was one of the areas where we were looking at a really bad situation. I need to write to the Member because I do not want to misspeak on such a serious issue.

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  4. Debate contribution: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust: Level 5 Intervention

    I say yes to the Member. I said that I would intervene on a number of levels. Peter McBride going in to look at the culture and behaviours and where they are wrong is number 1. Number 2 will involve putting in someone external who has expertise in what I call "clinical teamwork", which is a direct reference to the…

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  5. Debate contribution: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust: Level 5 Intervention

    I welcome hearing that, Minister, because many in the Health Committee who heard from the trust last week were less than assured that matters are being dealt with. When the chair of the trust refers to a complaint as potentially being just a "gripe", it makes me feel that what we are seeing is that, from the very top,…

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  6. Debate contribution: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust: Level 5 Intervention

    I think that I can say yes to that, but I want to be specific about it; in fact, after the sitting, before the day is out, I will meet Peter McBride. The Member knows that I have asked him to be my eyes and ears in assessing the adverse cultural and behavioural issues not just in the cardiac surgery unit but across…

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  7. Debate contribution: Help with Health Costs Scheme

    I assure the Member that work on the proposed changes to the legislation remains a key focus for my Department and that I am committed to ensuring that that work is completed without undue delay. The public consultation on the proposed eligibility criteria for passporting universal credit recipients closed on 10…

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  8. Debate contribution: Rapid Drug Testing

    I do not have a definitive timeline for that work. It falls into a broader category. Indeed, yesterday I was with representatives from Belfast City Council talking about their Complex Lives proposals, which seem to work extremely well. I have agreed that I will try to get a multi-departmental meeting with the council…

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  9. Debate contribution: Rapid Drug Testing

    I thank the Minister for that response. It is disappointing to hear that the pilot tests might not be successful. Does the Minister have a timeline for when the review of that information system will be complete? Could another funding option come through the North/South Ministerial Council? Last week, he gave an…

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  10. Debate contribution: Rapid Drug Testing

    I am aware of the outline proposal that Queen's University Belfast put forward to trial a rapid drug-testing model in Northern Ireland. Following recent conversations with interested parties, including Queen's, the PSNI and the Public Health Agency, the intention is that enhanced testing possibilities will be fully…

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  11. Debate contribution: Mental Health Crisis Centres

    I thank the Member for her question. As far as I understand it, there are ongoing discussions about the future of that service. All those services have been shown to be of benefit to patients, particularly vulnerable patients and those patients who perhaps do not know how to navigate a hospital such as the Royal…

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  13. Debate contribution: Mental Health Crisis Centres

    The Member mentioned that there are PSNI officers in the Mater Hospital, as there are in the EDs of all our acute hospitals. The Member will be aware that the Chief Constable, Mr Boutcher, is planning to move the PSNI to the Right Care, Right Person model, following an approach that is under way in other parts of the…

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  14. Debate contribution: Mental Health Crisis Centres

    Minister, if you go to the Mater Hospital in my constituency in the evening, you will often find many police officers, many staff and many patients who are in crisis. The staff at the hospital know that those patients need help, and they want to give them help but the workloads of approved social workers and GPs are…

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  15. Debate contribution: Mental Health Crisis Centres

    Without wishing to scare people, the question, "Will things be adequately resourced?", tends to end up with the answer, "It could be much better resourced", although that is not to say that there are not good resources out there. The Member will know that I have campaigned on mental ill health and well-being since I…

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  16. Debate contribution: Mental Health Crisis Centres

    I thank the Minister for his answer. Does he concede that, in many ways, the current model serves nobody particularly well, including those who are suffering mental health crises; the other vulnerable patients, particularly those who are elderly, who have to endure the volatility of some of those who have mental…

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  17. Debate contribution: Mental Health Crisis Centres

    Implementing the new regional mental health crisis service is a commitment in actions 12 and 27 of the mental health strategy 2021-2031. My departmental officials and the Public Health Agency (PHA) are working in partnership to deliver on both those actions, with the hope of developing a regional mental health crisis…

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  18. Debate contribution: Encompass: Update

    I see that as being part of the next phase. As has been said, £360 million is a lot of money. To roll out Encompass fully across primary care is beyond our financial reach. I say to the Member, however, that the next thing that I want to see is e-prescriptions. I want to see GPs being able to prescribe over the…

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  20. Debate contribution: Encompass: Update

    We appreciate all the benefits of Encompass. Nevertheless, there remains, particularly in primary care, a mishmash of systems that either GP practices or others across the healthcare system have procured. In England and Wales, a major project is under way. The previous technology was very difficult to draw together,…

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  21. Debate contribution: Encompass: Update

    As the Member may know, I have been out and about a lot. I have visited a lot of sites, particularly hospitals where Encompass is in use, and I do get a mixed reaction when I ask people what they think of it. I have heard some extremely negative comments, which I will not repeat in the Chamber. I have also received…

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  24. Debate contribution: Encompass: Update

    At a price tag of £300 million, Encompass really should be all-singing, all-dancing. It is disappointing that GP information is not stored on the Encompass system. For the integrity and efficiency of the health service, it should be included. Minister, do you have any concerns about the teething issues with Encompass?…

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  25. Debate contribution: Encompass: Update

    As the Member will know, GPs do not have full access to Encompass, but it is my understanding, from talking to the officials who were in charge of it, that they have sufficient and appropriate access to it. Where we go in the longer term is something that I am very much open to discussing, but, at the moment, I am…

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