Monthly Archives: May 2013

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A Sinn Féin MLA has said that the ‘fear and distress’ caused by the care homes ‘fiasco’ in the North last week ’must not be repeated’. Sue Ramsey was speaking following a difficult week for the Stormont Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Edwin Poots and the Health Trusts over The Transforming Your Care plan and the proposals to close statutory residential care homes. The Transforming Your Care consultation ran over a 14 week period from 9 October 2012 to 15 January 2013. On 19 March 2013, the Minister for Health announced that as part of the plan to bring care back to people’s own homes, that at least 50% of statutory residential care homes would close. DUP Stormont Health Minister, Edwin Poots said ‘No-one can disagree with the policy that home is the hub of care. But how we achieve this, needs to be carefully planned and communicated, to those … Continue reading →

7 May 2013 Last updated at 12:31 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Edwin Poots said it was “unacceptable” that families had been upset by the plans The health minister has apologised “unreservedly” at Stormont for stress felt by residents of care homes earmarked for closure. Edwin Poots also said it was “unacceptable” that families had been upset by the plans. It was announced over the last two weeks that 18 National Health Service (NHS) care homes would close, affecting 307 residents. Some elderly people felt they had not been properly consulted. In a U-turn on Friday, the minister told health trusts to drop their care homes policy and said closures would be handled by the Health and Social Care Board instead. “What happened last week fell way short of standards,” Mr Poots told the Northern Ireland Assembly. “I apologise unreservedly. The threat of any residential … Continue reading →