AQW 1671/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
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.
Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 6 February 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 6 February 2020
- Answer due by
- 21 February 2020
- Answered
- 14 February 20208 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
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.