Motion

Motion TitleTen Years Since Bengoa

Motion TextThat this Assembly notes that ten years have passed since the publication of the Bengoa Report, Systems, Not Structures: Changing Health and Social Care which outlined the case for transformation of health and social care in Northern Ireland, including a greater focus on prevention, primary and community care and the delivery of specialist services in a way that improves outcomes for patients; agrees that transformation remains essential to building a sustainable, effective and accessible health service; expresses regret that, despite widespread acceptance of the case for change, progress has been impeded by a collective failure to deliver transformation while maintaining the confidence of patients, staff and communities; believes that communities should be able to see how change will deliver better, safer and more accessible services; and calls on all political parties to work together to establish a new political consensus on health transformation, underpinned by honesty, geographic reality and the public good, and capable of delivering an agreed programme of reform over the next five years.

Motion CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office29/09/2026