Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 2:45 pm on 10 June 2024.
Paula Bradshaw
Alliance
2:45,
10 June 2024
Thank you, Health Minister. Last week, I spoke to a senior social worker in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust. She said that she feels under a lot of pressure and almost as though she is part of a second-class workforce. What short-term measures are you taking to better support and bolster the social work community?
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