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Thank you very much, Minister, for stepping in. While the case against the Minister for Communities was dismissed, the Executive were found to be in breach of their statutory duty. What accountability mechanisms will be put in place to monitor the Executive's progress in developing and implementing the anti-poverty…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Communities Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Communities
I thank the Minister for stepping in on behalf of the Minister for Communities. Given the extensive work done by the co-design group on the strategy, what changes have been made since the draft was supplied to the Minister when he came into office? Will the Minister commit to re-engaging with the co-design group prior…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Communities Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Communities
My colleague the Minister for Communities is unavailable at present. Therefore, I answer the question on his behalf. Minister Lyons's Department has noted the findings of the court, and officials are considering them in detail. He has noted that the case brought against him as Minister for Communities was dismissed,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Communities Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Communities
I will respond very quickly. The answer to that is no, there is not. However, we are tending, because of the pressures on the budget, to work hand to mouth and day to day and to live in the day, and we need to try to lift our heads up, difficult as it is, and start thinking a little bit more strategically. If there is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Cross-border Healthcare Scheme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Cross-border Healthcare Scheme
Minister, you will know that all of us — users of the health service and the health service itself — have lost access, as a result of Brexit, to the wider European scheme. Is there any work ongoing to see whether we can restore access to that scheme?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Cross-border Healthcare Scheme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Cross-border Healthcare Scheme
I thank the Member for the question. The cross-border reimbursement scheme remains enduringly popular, certainly judging by the correspondence that I get from Members of the House, among others. Personally, I would very much like to reintroduce it. The Member talks about the Programme for Government commitment. I have…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Cross-border Healthcare Scheme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Cross-border Healthcare Scheme
I can certainly promise the Member that I am determined that all of us involved in health and social care delivery learn the lessons. The Member has given us a long list — a very long list, to my mind — of where things have gone wrong, and I certainly do not want that list to be added to on my watch. I gently say that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hillsborough Law Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hillsborough Law
I thank the Minister for that answer. The hyponatraemia-related deaths, the Muckamore Abbey abuse allegations, the neurology scandal, the infected blood scandal and much more have demonstrated very clearly the importance of having robust mechanisms in place to ensure honesty and transparency when things go wrong in…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hillsborough Law Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hillsborough Law
I thank the Member for the question. We have had significant and ongoing engagement with the UK Government over the Hillsborough law and it falls into a broader set of policy considerations that are under way. The Member may be aware that we are consulting on a Being Open framework. I have also made a commitment to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hillsborough Law Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hillsborough Law
I thank the Member for his supplementary question. I absolutely agree. We have to start from a position of respecting everybody as an individual. Every individual has rights and views and should be listened to respectfully. That is the case in this, as with anything else that we deal with in the Chamber. I think back…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Gender Policy: Health Trusts Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Gender Policy: Health Trusts
I thank the Minister for his clarity on that. Does he agree that it is important to take on board as many views and concerns as possible in developing such policies? On that note, I welcome his recent agreement to add the Northern Ireland branch of the Women's Rights Network to his Department's consultation list.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Gender Policy: Health Trusts Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Gender Policy: Health Trusts
I thank the Member for his question. Media coverage today relates to existing gender identity and expression policies in the health and social care trusts. In relation to changing and toilet facilities, the policies refer to putting in place arrangements that everybody is comfortable with and which respect everybody's…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Gender Policy: Health Trusts Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Gender Policy: Health Trusts
I cannot give the Member an absolute guarantee that there will be no further delays, because I cannot look into the future. I am not aware of and have not been briefed about any potential hiccups or banana skins between now and the completion and commissioning of the urgent care centre. It is a positive move. It will…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ulster Hospital: Urgent Care Centre Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ulster Hospital: Urgent Care Centre
I thank the Minister for his positive answer. We certainly look forward to that. As he said, the rationale for closing the Bangor and Ards MIUs was that the urgent care centre was coming. Can you assure my constituents that there will be no further delays to the opening of this much-needed facility, given the…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ulster Hospital: Urgent Care Centre Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ulster Hospital: Urgent Care Centre
I thank the Member for his question. As he is aware, the minor injury units (MIU) at Ards and Bangor are making way for the urgent care centre, which will be within the curtilage of the Ulster Hospital; indeed, it will be adjacent to the new emergency department. I had the pleasure of visiting it some months ago. It…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ulster Hospital: Urgent Care Centre Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ulster Hospital: Urgent Care Centre
Yes. There is a cocktail of reasons why there were 500 to 600 people — certainly that was the figure in the early days of January — in beds in our acute hospitals who were fit for discharge. If you delve into those reasons, you will see that beds, step-down beds, care beds and domiciliary packages are at the top of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Domiciliary Care: Rural Areas Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Domiciliary Care: Rural Areas
I thank the Minister for his response. He will be aware — he has touched on it — that, at any time, between 500 and 600 beds are occupied by patients who have been deemed fit for discharge. Does the Minister agree that the delivery of care packages is key to addressing the bed shortage in our hospitals?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Domiciliary Care: Rural Areas Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Domiciliary Care: Rural Areas
I thank the Member for his question. He will be aware that, over the winter, the flow through our hospitals was not as it should have been. Although the focus was on emergency departments, that was only where the problem manifested itself. The problem was at the back door, in getting patients who were medically fit…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Domiciliary Care: Rural Areas Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Domiciliary Care: Rural Areas
I guarantee that I will look at that and engage at official level with NIPSA. I am more than happy to meet the Member to discuss it one-to-one.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Belfast Trust Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Belfast Trust
Minister, would the W45 —? No, I will stick to my question. What assurances can the Minister give that resources up to and including inpatient bed facilities will be available to social workers who are undertaking Mental Health Order assessments? Will he intervene urgently to ensure that the action that NIPSA suggests…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Belfast Trust Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Belfast Trust
I thank the Member for a very detailed question that I am not in a position to answer, as he may well have suspected. I am sure that he thought, "The Minister is waiting for a question about ambulance services and W45"; you have got me.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Belfast Trust Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Belfast Trust
I thank the Member for his question. A lot of work has been undertaken in partnership with key charities and with families who have been affected by bereavement. That is because we want to ensure that arrangements are as sensitive and dignified as possible, so we have been listening. Thorough oversight continues to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Paediatric Pathology Service: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Paediatric Pathology Service: Update
Like the Member who asked the original question, I am glad that the Minister recently met his Irish counterpart. Will the Minister detail what support is out there for bereaved families?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Paediatric Pathology Service: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Paediatric Pathology Service: Update
I thank the Member for her supplementary question. I believe that it is just not proving to be an attractive profession. As I said, this is not just for us; I think that two paediatric pathologists retired in recent years. We have made several efforts at recruitment, unsuccessfully. As part of our research into that,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Paediatric Pathology Service: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Paediatric Pathology Service: Update
What do you see as the biggest barriers to the recruitment and retention of paediatric pathologists? There seems to be a skills deficit at the moment.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Paediatric Pathology Service: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Paediatric Pathology Service: Update
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