Key Findings: Northern Ireland’s First Health & Community Sector Survey

At MW Advocate we work in the areas of communications, public policy and in helping our clients to advance their agenda in a meaningful and sustainable way.

Like everyone else in Northern Ireland who are tuned into the politics of this region, we called for and looked forward to the return of the NI Executive and Assembly, and as we know devolution was restored in February last year.

To help assess the impact of devolution so far and whether the third sector is feeling the benefits of having a restored Assembly and local Ministers, we engaged with the health & community sector and conducted what will be the first of many sectorial studies.

Over the years we have worked with health charities, campaigning bodies, private organisations and with the Department of Health and we know both the challenges faced by the sector and the importance of ensuring that we get the best health service that is possible for people who live here.

We are grateful for the those health and community focussed organisations who took time to engage in our survey and who gave us detailed feedback on their experience with devolution. By completing the survey and helping to highlight experiences with the NI Assembly, positive or negative, you are helping to inform the way society engages with politics, and to improve that engagement for the better.

To learn what our participants had to say about the return of the Executive, ongoing funding challenges, and the realities of stakeholder engagement, you can read the full report here.