AQW 1671/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 06/02/2020
Answered On Date: 14/02/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health whether he plans to convert the Independent Neurology Inquiry into a full public inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005.

Answer:

The Independent Neurology Inquiry was established by the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health in May 2018 as a non-statutory inquiry. Its work forms part of a series of actions in response to the recall of neurology patients by the Belfast Trust. The Inquiry is independent of all other organisations.

I have met with the Inquiry Panel and am assured that they have made significant progress. They are at a critical stage in the delivery of their Terms of Reference and on this basis I have no plans to change their status.