Motion Amendment

Motion TitleFunding for Health Service Transformation - Amendment 1

Motion Amendment TextLeave out all after ‘responsive health service;’ and insert: ‘agrees that delivering the ambitions of Health and Social Care transformation will require political leadership and an emphasis on service quality; recognises the importance of transformation being clinically led with genuine co-design and partnership working with the Health and Social Care sector; further recognises the need to value and reward our dedicated frontline health professionals; expresses concern that the stabilisation package agreed with the Government in December 2023 and lack of multi-year budgets is insufficient to enable the immediate sustainability of public services or to take forward the much-needed transformation agenda; further believes there is a need for a new, long-term financial settlement with the Treasury; calls on the Minister of Health to work with Executive colleagues to strongly make the case for additional funding from the Treasury; and further calls on the Minister to prioritise and allocate additional resources to tackle the backlog in hospital waiting lists in the delivery of the Executive’s forthcoming Programme for Government.’

Amendment Number1

Motion Amendment CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office12/09/2024

Date of Plenary Debate17/09/2024