Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has come under pressure from MLAs in recent days due to winter pressures in the health service
The Ulster Unionist Party 's health spokesperson has hit out at the DUP and Alliance, accusing them of attempting to score political points over the recent pressures facing the health service.
This comes after figures from New Year's Eve showed more than half of the nearly 900 people who attended emergency departments waited more than 12 hours and reports of some patients waiting up to 19 hours in ambulances outside emergency departments. “At a time when everyone should be doing everything they can to get through this period, it is regrettable that Parties such as the DUP and Alliance Party are instead attempting to score political points.
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