As a social justice party the SDLP have consistently called for excellent and efficient
healthcare for people of all ages and as such we support
provisions which seek to enhance the life quality of any young
child in Northern Ireland.
The MOJ argued that on looking at the five factors identified by Lord Phillips in Various Claimants v Catholic
Child Welfare Society [2013] 2 AC 1 for identifying an underlying an underlying duty, crucial factors were absent, including the absence of any employment relationship with those responsible for the torts complained of, that
healthcare provision was not part of the MOJ's business activity, that the MOJ had not created a risk of clinical negligence and that it exercised no control over
healthcare provision in prison.