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25/05/2010
NI Health Cuts Less Than Expected
Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has presented his plans to deal with upcoming cuts to his budget.
On Monday it was announced that Northern Ireland will have to find £128m of fresh savings as part of wider plans to address the UK's national debt and, since, health receives the biggest amount of funding, it was feared his budget was in for a major battering.
However, he has since been outlining his spending plans for the year ahead, with cuts not as severe as first feared.
The news came as Michael McGimpsey briefed members of the Assembly's Health Committee on Tuesday afternoon.
Although he is planning 2% savings on staffing costs there will be no compulsory redundancies.
However, patients will have to wait a little longer for surgical procedures such as hip and knee replacements.
Mr McGimpsey said he aims to ensure that all patients can see a specialist in outpatients and that diagnostic tests are carried out as quickly as possible.
New services will be phased in over a period of time which will save the department more than £50m and there will be less use of the private sector, including locums and agency nursing staff.
(BMcC/GK)
On Monday it was announced that Northern Ireland will have to find £128m of fresh savings as part of wider plans to address the UK's national debt and, since, health receives the biggest amount of funding, it was feared his budget was in for a major battering.
However, he has since been outlining his spending plans for the year ahead, with cuts not as severe as first feared.
The news came as Michael McGimpsey briefed members of the Assembly's Health Committee on Tuesday afternoon.
Although he is planning 2% savings on staffing costs there will be no compulsory redundancies.
However, patients will have to wait a little longer for surgical procedures such as hip and knee replacements.
Mr McGimpsey said he aims to ensure that all patients can see a specialist in outpatients and that diagnostic tests are carried out as quickly as possible.
New services will be phased in over a period of time which will save the department more than £50m and there will be less use of the private sector, including locums and agency nursing staff.
(BMcC/GK)
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