SF and DUP react to Health Minister warning that cuts would risk patient safety #BBCNolan

Aug 22, 2014, 08:53 AM

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'I will not impose cuts that would "destroy our health service". The message from our health minister - Edwin Poots. He has warned patient safety would be "compromised" by the cuts proposed and said he was not prepared to do it. The DUP MLA said his department faced a £140m shortfall and he blamed Sinn Féin for not agreeing a welfare reform deal. We hear from DUP MP and Former Finance Minister Sammy Wilson and Sinn Féin MLA and chair of the finance committee Daithi McKay