Kevin McNally Workers Party Representative for East Belfast has challenged those political parties to provide the evidence that that shows waiting list times have improved because of the heavy investment in the Private companies .

Mr McNally said over the past few days there has been much talk about the Bengo reforms and how we must ensure they are implemented . There would seem to be collective amnesia around the failed forerunner transforming your care which was abandoned because of public outcry but sadly not before serious damaged was inflicted on our health and social care services. The wholesale privatisation of home care services and residential and nursing homes was a primary cause as was the bed closures,...