Meeting of the Parliament 10 June 2015
That proves my point to some extent, because we have interpretation. The issue will be about our coming together to try to make improvements. Our nurses—perhaps in orthopaedics or paediatrics—may have particular opinions: some specialist nurses may feel that there should be more of them. Clinicians also say that they should have more facilities and resources. They are probably all right.
At the same time, we must consider ways to improve what we have, and how we can be smarter—I think Jenny Marra used that word and said that we should be smarter in how we provide the service. We have a finite resource so we need to think about how we deliver services. With the integration joint boards we have an opportunity to meet the challenges that lie before us.
I was a bit concerned when Jenny Marra said that perhaps after the listening, things will come together within six months, because I am not sure that we will have the answers within that time. Some of the business plans for the integration joint boards run for three years. We must ensure that whatever we do, we do it in a manner that will get us the outcomes that we desire. There is no point in rushing in to fix something that is not broken—it is not broken, but perhaps we need to oil the wheels a little better.
Everyone is in agreement. When we talk about the health service—Bob Doris did this when he mentioned carers—we need to ensure that we have a dialogue.