Paula Bradshaw MLA, Alliance Party Health Spokesperson, has welcomed the appointment of Mr Tom Kark QC as chair of the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry. Speaking after the announcement was made she said: “I hope that the families impacted by the allegations of gross acts of maltreatment on very vulnerable patients will welcome this appointment today […]
A review of the work of a locum consultant radiologist which has saw more than 9,000 patients contacted is the result of a health system “creaking under extreme pressure,” Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has said. The Northern Trust patients have been contacted in relation to the consultant, who the Trust say was engaged […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has welcomed news that the Soft Opt-Out Organ Donation Bill will now proceed by way of urgent procedure, but said that the delays over it only now lead to questions of what will happen with the Adoption Bill. The South Belfast MLA stated: “There is no excuse for the Soft […]
Alliance Finance Spokesperson Andrew Muir MLA has said the latest spending figures from the Department show the scale of challenges that lie ahead for the Executive. Mr Muir was speaking after the June Monitoring round was announced, in which the Finance Minister set out the money available to departments arising primarily from underspends last year, […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has welcomed the publication of the Consultation Report into the Mental Health Strategy. The South Belfast MLA said: “With the publication of the Consultation Report and widespread support for the general provisions of the draft Mental Health Strategy for the next decade, we should now proceed swiftly to implementation. “The […]
Paula Bradshaw MLA has warned that those with responsibility for women’s reproductive healthcare must now live up to that responsibility, after the announcement that the central access point to early medical abortion services operated by Informing Choices NI will be withdrawn from October. The South Belfast MLA stated: “The Board and staff of Informing Choices […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has expressed concern at the length of time it is taking to set up specialist long COVID treatment services in Northern Ireland, after an announcement suggesting they will only be established in late October. It includes an assessment service for those with symptoms consistent with the infections which have […]
Paula Bradshaw MLA has expressed her disgust at figures showing almost 400 women travelled to England and Wales for abortions last year. The South Belfast MLA stated: “While it is welcome that this figure has reduced, we are still seeing 371 women – more than one a day – having to travel across the water […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has welcomed the imminent decrease in the time between vaccine doses to a maximum of eight weeks, as the share of the population having received first doses approaches 80 per cent. The Department of Health have confirmed the current gap will be reduced from 12 weeks, offering better protection […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has warned exceptional funding will still be required for the health system after the pandemic, upon the second report of the NI Audit Office into COVID-19 spending. The South Belfast MLA said: “While noting that it comes both from the UK Treasury and the NI block grant, the total spend […]