Committee for Health facts for kids

The Committee for Health is a special group of people from the Northern Ireland Assembly. Think of it like a team that helps look after health in Northern Ireland. Their main job is to give advice, help out, and check on the work of the Department of Health and the Minister for Health. They also play a big part in talking about and creating new laws related to health.

Before 2016, this committee had a slightly different name: the Committee for Health, Social Services and Public Safety.

What Does the Committee Do?

This committee is really important for making sure everyone in Northern Ireland gets good healthcare. They:

• Advise: They give helpful ideas and suggestions to the Department of Health.
• Assist: They help the department with its plans and projects.
• Scrutinise: This means they carefully check the work of the Department of Health. They make sure things are being done properly and that public money is used wisely.
• Develop Laws: They discuss and help create new laws that affect health services. For example, a new law about hospitals or medicines would likely be discussed by this committee first.

Committee Members

Members of the Committee for Health are also Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). This means they are elected by people in different areas of Northern Ireland to represent them in the Assembly.

2017–2022 Assembly Members

The committee started meeting for this Assembly on 23 January 2020. Here are the members who were part of it:

2016–2017 Assembly Members

This committee started its meetings for this Assembly on 2 June 2016. Here were some of the members:

2011–2016 Assembly Members

The committee for this Assembly first met on 25 May 2011. Here are some of the members who served:

See also

• Committee