Health governance clarity review, supported by Tynwald members

During the debate, which lasted about four hours, several members agreed that the reviews would be an opportunity to decide what level of service was affordable and what those services should look like.

But Hooper weighed in on the debate Tuesday night, saying it was wasting time and money that could be spent on “work to treat patients.”

In his resignation speech hours earlier, he said he had accused Prime Minister Alfred Cannan of wanting to “privatize the health service”.

However, Cannan said on Wednesday morning that it was a “fabrication” and an independent audit report in April showed Manx Care lacked financial controls.

During the meeting Cannan also told the court that he wanted to ask Tynwald to review the Manx Care mandate at the next meeting in order to move to a “responsible position” where the services “the budget allocated to them.” “is provided with some built-in flexibility” to reflect needs.

He said he hoped a new mandate could be approved alongside the budget in February 2025.