Implementation monitoring group
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry · Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report · Issued 18 June 2026 · Addressed to: Department of Health NI
Government responseNo response yet
DeliveryDepartment of Health NI says in progress (Sep 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
The implementation of the following recommendations should be monitored by the DoH and progress should be reported to the DoH Permanent Secretary. To ensure progress is made, an implementation consultation group, which should include service users and the relatives of service users, should be created and be involved in the monitoring and reporting process.
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry, Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report · 18 Jun 2026 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
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In a September 2026 written ministerial statement to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Robbie Butler, the Minister of Health, reported that an agreement had been reached to establish an implementation consultation group to monitor the inquiry's recommendations (Robbie Butler, Sep 2026). The Minister confirmed in September 2026 that departmental officials were working on progressing the establishment of this group "at pace" (Robbie Butler, Sep 2026).
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Government response
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Delivery
●Department of Health NI says in progress · 23 Sep 2026
One key action from that meeting was an agreement to establish an ‘implementation consultation group’, as detailed in R1, and my officials are working on progressing this at pace.
From: Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report Recommendations Departmental Progress Update (written ministerial statement), Robbie Butler, Minister of Health (Northern Ireland)
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