East Antrim MLA Ken Robinson has praised the groundbreaking work being carried out by researchers at Queen's University Belfast and the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.

Ulster Unionist MLA George Savage, member of the Assembly Agriculture Committee, has commended Prime Minister David Cameron on his commitment to retaining the free milk scheme for children under five.

John McCallister MLA, Ulster Unionist Party Spokesperson for Health Social Services and Public Safety has welcomed the announcement made by Sammy Wilson MP, the Minister for Finance and Personnel, that Northern Ireland's Health Service will be ring fenced from further cuts this year.

Ulster Unionist Assembly member for Fermanagh & South Tyrone has urged the general public to support the fundraising campaign by NI Hospice for the new centre which is currently under construction at Killadeas, Enniskillen and due to open in the New Year.

Roy Beggs MLA recently took the opportunity to press the First Minister, Peter Robinson MLA, on the work of the British-Irish Council in combating legal highs.

Ulster Unionist Health Minister Michael McGimpsey said a £3.95million facility will help children with learning disabilities have a better quality of life within their own communities.

Rev Dr Robert Coulter MBE, the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member for North Antrim and UUP Stormont Commissioner, has said additional funding is to be injected to boost services for people with autism.

Ulster Unionist health spokesperson, John McCallister MLA, has described a motion criticising the work of the Regional Autistic Spectrum Disorders Network Group as ';a wholly unnecessary distraction from genuine efforts to deliver on Northern Ireland's autism strategy';.

MLAs from the Social Development Committee this week visited Belfast City Hospital to learn about the work that leading charity Macmillan Cancer Support is doing to alleviate the financial problems people affected by cancer face.

Ulster Unionist Health Minister Michael McGimpsey today said he was appalled that Northern Ireland Ambulance Service staff have suffered four assaults in less than a week.