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Deputy Tina Bury has resigned from her position of Vice-President of the Committee for Health and Social Care.
“It is with regret that I submit my resignation as Vice President and member of the Committee for Health & Social Care,” she said in a letter to the President of HSC, Deputy Al Brouard.
“You will be aware that the way the department handles some of the various challenges it faces hasn’t sat comfortably with me and my personal values for quite some time. Despite my best efforts within the Committee, I have seen little appetite for change in some areas. With that in mind, and at this stage in the political term, I believe there is no benefit me continuing in the hope that things might improve.
“I’d like to thank you, and our close working colleagues, personally for the support, understanding and reasonable adjustments made to accommodate some of my personal circumstances. While these personal factors have shaped my perspective, they are not the primary driver of my decision to resign.
“With a little over a year left of this political term, I believe I will be able to make a more positive impact for the Bailiwick by focusing my efforts on my work in the Committee for Employment & Social Security, and the various sub-groups I am on within that mandate, as well as on wider States business.”
The President of HSC, Deputy Al Brouard, has responded to the resignation with the following statement:
"I want to thank Deputy Bury for her work on the Committee. Health & Social Care is certainly a very challenging Committee, perhaps the most challenging in the States, where we deal with very emotive issues and it feels like we are faced with a never-ending supply of difficult decisions to make, which can be uncomfortable at times."
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