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We received £122 million in June monitoring, which was very welcome. It has made a good contribution to the deficit. However, following an additional push for savings from our arm's-length bodies, the gap is now a reduced but still significant £130 million to £135 million. I commend the trusts, which have made…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Health Budget 2024-25 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Health Budget 2024-25
I am not sure whether it was the practice manager or one of the doctors in the Castle Practice who felt that East Antrim had been knocked out of its place in the pecking order. The next three proposed federations for MDT are North Belfast, the South West, which is Fermanagh and Omagh, and, indeed, East Antrim. All are…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Multidisciplinary Teams Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Multidisciplinary Teams
That is welcome news, and I welcome that commitment. Will the Minister provide an update on where the East Antrim GP Federation sits within that proposed roll-out?
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I very much enjoyed the visit with the Member to Carrickfergus and East Antrim, and I thank him for the invitation. It was useful to see at first hand the convincing case that the Castle Practice has made for an investment in its premises. The pharmacy is among the top three busiest in the whole of Northern Ireland. I…
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Meetings, particularly between officials and stakeholders, including the unions, happen all the time. I am more than happy to engage when appropriate. I want to see a workforce in which there are no vacancies and where people are as content as possible in their role because they feel that they are being cherished and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Children's Social Work Teams Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Children's Social Work Teams
Thank you. Having previously been a social worker, I understand that. The Minister mentioned the shift left: social workers are out there every day of the week on the left and at the coalface. Will the Minister provide an update on what meetings he plans to have with trade unions and representative groups to address…
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Pay and workforce challenges are among our most pressing, difficult and intractable issues. I acknowledged previously, for example, that, with pay rates in Health and Social Care (HSC), it is difficult, if not impossible, to compete with Sláintecare, particularly in the border areas. The Western Trust and Southern…
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I know how they arrived at option 7, and that was by listening to the clinicians. I visited the Causeway Hospital and Antrim Area Hospital one day a few weeks ago, and I met some clinicians who were involved. I have to say to the Member that their view was that that option was not, as the trust put it, their…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Relocation of Emergency Department Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Relocation of Emergency Department
I thank the Minister for his detailed response. If you look at a map of Northern Ireland and take the health proposals, you will find that nearly all specialist services are centred in and around Belfast, part of which is in Antrim. That leaves those of us on the north coast, right through north Antrim and east…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Relocation of Emergency Department Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Relocation of Emergency Department
I thank the Member. I acknowledge that there are legitimate concerns when you move services from one place to another. Yes, the Northern Trust is consulting on removing emergency general surgery from the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine to Antrim Area Hospital in Antrim town. That is a live consultation, and it is only…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Relocation of Emergency Department Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Relocation of Emergency Department
I am afraid not.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: RSV Vaccine Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: RSV Vaccine
Minister, do you think that that might change?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: RSV Vaccine Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: RSV Vaccine
I thank the Member for his question. We do not have plans in that area, and the reason is that we are following Great Britain on the advice and roll-out of that vaccination.
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No Bill has been written, and the Bill's composition will be dictated to an extent by the public's reaction to that consultation process. However, it will also be up to the Assembly and the Committee for Health to decide the shape of the Bill. Again, I do not feel that I am the only person making decisions here. I…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public Health Bill: Consultation Response Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public Health Bill: Consultation Response
Minister, if there are numerous objections to a specific part of the consultation, will you give an undertaking that, if that is the will of the public, you will remove those specific clauses from any future Bill ?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public Health Bill: Consultation Response Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public Health Bill: Consultation Response
I thank the Member for his question. This is, of course, a very important area that we are discussing. I have not yet had a briefing on the number of responses, so I am not even aware of that, never mind whether they are positive or negative. I am aware of the strong campaign against some of the proposals. I…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public Health Bill: Consultation Response Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public Health Bill: Consultation Response
I am sorry: I did not quite catch that. I acknowledge that the SAI procedure, as currently constituted, is not fit for purpose. I am determined that we bring one forward that is efficient, fast and patient-centred.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Serious Adverse Incident Review Process Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Serious Adverse Incident Review Process
I thank the Minister for his answer and for giving way. Minister, I want to understand the value of the engagement that has happened. Are you satisfied that that is doing what it should be doing?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Serious Adverse Incident Review Process Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Serious Adverse Incident Review Process
OK. The redesign of the current serious adverse incident (SAI) procedure is important and one of my Department's priorities. We are undertaking extensive engagement with a broad range of stakeholders. That includes the Patient and Client Council engagement platform, which comprises five individuals with lived…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Serious Adverse Incident Review Process Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Serious Adverse Incident Review Process
I thank the Member for his question. Absolutely: I have talked often about a "shift left" for healthcare delivery. By that I mean getting healthcare out of hospitals and into the community and primary care practices. The primary care elective service is hugely important in providing five key pathways in dermatology,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: GP Indemnity: BMA Concerns Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: GP Indemnity: BMA Concerns
Does the Minister agree that primary care will have a very important role to play in helping to resolve our totally unacceptable waiting times? Will the Minister give an assurance that he and his Department recognise the value of the primary care elective scheme?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: GP Indemnity: BMA Concerns Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: GP Indemnity: BMA Concerns
The Member's use of the term "sleight of hand" will be deeply resented by officials in the Department of Health. I encourage you to eyeball them and make that accusation. There was a very frank, honest and robust discussion this morning on the issue. My officials are absolutely certain in their position, and I have…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: GP Indemnity: BMA Concerns Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: GP Indemnity: BMA Concerns
Minister, the medical fraternity is quite clear that it was offered money for GP indemnity. Was that not the case? We all lobbied for that, and we were told that it was being delivered. However, GPs found that, although they got the money, it had been removed from other parts of their contract. That is a sleight of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: GP Indemnity: BMA Concerns Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: GP Indemnity: BMA Concerns
It is my understanding that there was a negotiation, not just about the money that would go into the general medical services contract but about the work that that would cover. There was a rejigging of the services that were to be commissioned. It is not necessarily accepted by all, but my officials are very clear…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: GP Indemnity: BMA Concerns Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: GP Indemnity: BMA Concerns
I want to drill down into the funding that GPs received on a per capita basis. Was that additional money or money that was within the current contract and rejigged?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: GP Indemnity: BMA Concerns Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: GP Indemnity: BMA Concerns
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