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I thank the Health Minister for that answer. Can he tell us the scale of the issue? I am led to believe that it affected just under 50,000 letters. Can the Health Minister confirm that number?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Encompass: Referral Problems Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Encompass: Referral Problems
As I understand it, there was a technical failure in what should have been a fail-safe system and a number of referrals were not issued. That is a matter of deep regret for me. However, those referrals were telling GPs that the consultant who was issuing the referral did not need to see their patient.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Encompass: Referral Problems Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Encompass: Referral Problems
Again, I accept that it is regrettable. However, I think that the first thing that a woman in that situation needs to be told is, "We're taking you somewhere not that far away where a safe service is waiting for you and your baby".
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Daisy Hill Hospital: Maternity Services Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Daisy Hill Hospital: Maternity Services
Thank you for your answer, Minister. Do you agree that, for a mother who is about to give birth or who seeks medical attention from maternity staff for her unborn child, suspension of those vital services at short notice is the last thing that is needed in a time-pressured situation?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Daisy Hill Hospital: Maternity Services Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Daisy Hill Hospital: Maternity Services
I am tempted to say to the Member that that is, of course, an operational matter for the Southern Trust. However, I take very seriously any unplanned interruption to service delivery. I am being told that the service was picked up in Craigavon Area Hospital. While that is an inconvenience, there were, as far as I am…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Daisy Hill Hospital: Maternity Services Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Daisy Hill Hospital: Maternity Services
I am happy to make that commitment.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Safeguarding Legislation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Safeguarding Legislation
Safeguarding falls within your remit, Minister. We know that, but we also know that it is the responsibility of each and every one of us. That is part of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995. Faith-based counselling is not subject to the same regulation as other clinical counselling services. That points to a…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Safeguarding Legislation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Safeguarding Legislation
I hope that the Member does not expect me to make up policy on the hoof during Question Time. I will simply say to her that I will certainly take her question away with me. I have made the point many times during Question Time that I want to be much more vocal and open about saying that patient safety is the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Safeguarding Legislation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Safeguarding Legislation
I will write to the Member if I am wrong, but it is my understanding that a patient suffering a stroke can be stabilised at the Causeway Hospital and then transferred to the thrombectomy service in Belfast. I gently point out to the Member that, by his logic, he is calling for an acute hospital at the end of every…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Thrombectomy Service Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Thrombectomy Service
Minister, you have partially answered my question, but it was really about the fact that, when services are centralised in the greater Belfast area, services are denied to those elsewhere in the Province. There has been a continued reduction in services across Northern Ireland because of their centralisation in…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Thrombectomy Service Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Thrombectomy Service
When I referred to the £80 million for waiting lists and building capacity, I made it clear that some of that money will be invested in turning the thrombectomy service into a 24/7 service. That should help the around 160 people every year who suffer a stroke potentially to walk out of hospital on the same day, with…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Thrombectomy Service Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Thrombectomy Service
First, I have mentioned tomorrow's health summit. That is about putting patient safety at the top of the list of priorities for the leadership of Health and Social Care. Secondly, on an individual duty of candour, I again refer the Member to the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, commonly known as the Hillsborough…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Health Service: Accountability Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Health Service: Accountability
Minister, time and time again, families have been failed. There is a growing call among all political parties in the House for an individual duty of candour. You mentioned a corporate duty of candour, but the families to whom I have spoken have said that that would preclude individuals who knowingly and wrongly…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Health Service: Accountability Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Health Service: Accountability
I repeat my condolences; Lynsey and Erin lost their lives, and that should not have happened. I direct the Member to the report from Professor Frank Atherton, who assimilated all the other reports, which were conflicting in some of their conclusions. His conclusion was that it would not be appropriate to pursue…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Health Service: Accountability Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Health Service: Accountability
Our responsible Opposition have spoken. I am not looking for a fight with anybody. Some 75,000 or 76,000 people deliver health and social care in this country. I would like them all to wake up feeling good about life, to get out of bed looking forward to going on shift and to go home at night thinking, "That was a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Resident Doctors: Strike Action Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Resident Doctors: Strike Action
Minister, regardless of where people stand on the exact figure, surely we can all agree that a health service cannot function without the doctors whom it trains. Resident doctors say that their pay has fallen significantly in real terms, and more than half of final-year medical students surveyed said they were…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Resident Doctors: Strike Action Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Resident Doctors: Strike Action
No, I do not agree that the matter is down to me. When I came into post, the pay regime that was in place was clear: two independent bodies make recommendations on pay awards, one of which is for doctors and dentists, the other being for everybody else working in Health and Social Care (HSC). We were recommended a pay…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Resident Doctors: Strike Action Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Resident Doctors: Strike Action
I am grateful to Executive colleagues for accepting the argument I made to them that, having done well in the last financial year in exceeding many times over the Programme for Government target on addressing long waiting lists, we were in danger of losing momentum without a Budget. I am really grateful to them for…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Endoscopy: Waiting Times Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Endoscopy: Waiting Times
Minister, I commend you for the substantial progress being made under your leadership and, more important, the work of the men and women of our great health service. Will you agree that it is important that we now go faster and further in trying to reduce waiting lists and improve access to the health service and do…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Endoscopy: Waiting Times Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Endoscopy: Waiting Times
There has been significant improvement in endoscopy waiting times. Between 30 June 2025 and the end of March this year, a 35% reduction is reported in the number of patients waiting for the procedure, alongside a 92% reduction in the number waiting in excess of 78 weeks. My Department continues to invest in endoscopy…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Endoscopy: Waiting Times Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Endoscopy: Waiting Times
The children's social work workforce continues to experience significant pressures. However, there has been a modest increase in staffing over the past two years. In April 2024, there were 1,133·5 whole-time-equivalent band 5 to 7 social workers in post: as of April this year, that has increased to 1,199·8, which is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Safeguarding, Early Intervention and Family Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Safeguarding, Early Intervention and Family Support
Minister, I know that you fully agree that social workers perform an incredibly important and challenging role, especially those working in children's services. Will you provide an update on the number of such staff in post and how that has improved recently?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Safeguarding, Early Intervention and Family Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Safeguarding, Early Intervention and Family Support
There will be a considerable amount of work over the remainder of the mandate. We have the adult safeguarding Bill, which was paused to allow us to absorb the recommendations — as it turned out, the 106 recommendations — from the Muckamore Abbey Hospital report. I also made a commitment to a statutory duty of candour…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Safeguarding, Early Intervention and Family Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Safeguarding, Early Intervention and Family Support
I concur with all that was said by Sian Mulholland. It is complex and challenging, and social workers are dealing with many more cases than they should. There also cases that are unassigned, however, and there are safeguarding issues there. What reassurance can you give us, Minister, given the issues raised in the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Safeguarding, Early Intervention and Family Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Safeguarding, Early Intervention and Family Support
I assure the Member that I very much value the work of social care workers, social workers and everybody who is delivering health and social care. I have often said that there are five elements in its delivery — buildings, beds, equipment, medicine and the workforce — and that the first four do not add up to a hill of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Safeguarding, Early Intervention and Family Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Social Workers: Safeguarding, Early Intervention and Family Support
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