“The North is witnessing the escalating collapse of our health and social care system in real time. For years, Executive parties have failed to invest in adequate community and domiciliary care services. The inevitable knock-on effects of these political choices are felt by those waiting hours - even days - on end in ambulances and Emergency Departments across the North.”
“Rather than heeding the warnings of overworked and underpaid health and social care workers who sound the alarm about disastrous winter pressures year after year, Executive parties have buried their heads in the sand.”
“The chaotic scenes witnessed in our hospitals are a direct result of austerity politics and widening health inequalities. By failing to reinstate the Winter Fuel Payment in full, the Stormont Executive is putting the lives of older people at risk in this bitterly cold weather.”
“It is long past time that the Executive properly invests in health and social care services, as well as the workers who deliver them.”