NIO minister pledges UK Government to support Health and Social Care Reform聽
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Fleur Anderson, was speaking after attending the Accelerating Change conference in Belfast today (9 October)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Fleur Anderson
Northern Ireland Office Minister Fleur Anderson has pledged the UK Government will support the NI Executive to reform and transform public services.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State was speaking after attending the Accelerating Change conference hosted by the Department of Health in Belfast on Wednesday.
Minister Anderson paid tribute to the Health Minister Mike Nesbitt for 鈥渂ringing together expert voices on health reform into one room.鈥�
She said: 鈥淭he conference highlighted the need to accelerate change in the health service and this is something the UK Government is keen to support.聽
鈥淚 understand the scale of the challenge facing the health service across the UK and particularly in Northern Ireland.
鈥淭his Government鈥檚 five missions provide ambitious, measurable and long-term objectives to tackle shared public service challenges, which exist right across the UK.聽
鈥淲e want to support the NI Executive and the Department of Health to transform the health service to provide better outcomes for local people.鈥�