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Health minister Edwin Poots 14 May 2013 The older people’s commissioner warned Health Minister Edwin Poots about closing residential care homes a year ago, it has been revealed. Claire Keatinge told the minister that a timetable for the changes should have been set out and overseen by his department on a regional basis during a briefing more than a year ago. He has apologised “unreservedly” for stress felt by the residents of homes due to shut and halted the process for six months after health trusts announced the controversial step recently. UUP MLA Roy Beggs said: “Bearing in mind that the health minister was warned of the potential pitfalls more than a year ago, it is even more incredible that he permitted the disaster which emerged in the last fortnight to occur. The commissioner for older people gave him 12 months’ warning of what could go wrong. That the minister … Continue reading →

East Antrim MLAs have paid tribute to local voluntary groups for their work with people with special needs and disabilities, but claimed the borough has been ignored by statutory bodies. And they have appealed to Employment and Learning Minister, Dr Stephen Farry to take steps to address the issue. Sinn Fein representative Oliver McMullan, who is himself the father of a child with special needs, secured a debate on the matter at the Assembly recently. Speaking directly to the Minister, Mr McMullan said there are many families who have serious concerns regarding the “minimal services” in the borough for children and adults with special needs. He said parents are asking themselves: “What will happen when my child leaves school? Where will they go? What can they do?” Mr McMullan praised the two “excellent” special needs units in Larne – Roddensvale and Larne Adult Centre – but said “much more needs … Continue reading →

Yes there are a number of options available, you can set your browser either to reject all cookies, to allow only “trusted” sites to set them, or to only accept them from the site you are currently on. However, please note – if you block/delete all cookies, some features of our websites, such as remembering your login details, or the site branding for your local newspaper may not function as a result. Parliamentary reports show first speaker only – follow this lnk for the full transcription. Articles may come from parliamentary reports, various public news feeds and Google News Search. Content is republished here for context. Copyright is respected and remains with the original author at all times. Original Article:http://www.antrimtimes.co.uk/news/local/kinahan-calls-for-poots-to-go-1-5082585