The news highlights the negative impact of the absence of a devolved government in Northern Ireland, citing a backlog of legislation and struggling public services. The article focuses on the healthcare system, pointing to ambulance delays and the need for long-overdue reforms. It also mentions the ambitious legislative agenda proposed by the First and Deputy First Ministers, emphasizing the challenges the Executive faces.
As we prepare to mark one year since the Stormont institutions were reestablished in a few week's time, looking back on the progress made by the Executive in the year since its resumption, it is clear to see the impact the lack of devolved government has had on Northern Ireland .
While this is not a unique issue to Northern Ireland, with the Welsh Ambulance Service declaring a critical incident days later as more than half of their ambulances were waiting to hand over patients outside hospitals, it does point to not only a failure in winter planning but when taken in the context of wider issues within the healthcare system, it demonstrates the need for urgent reform which could have been implemented years ago had the Assembly not collapsed.
To put this into perspective, during the whole of last year the Scottish Government introduced 15 piece of legislation and the Welsh Assembly introduced just six. Stormont’s unrealistic legislative ambitions risk sacrificing scrutiny and quality for quantity.
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