She described the meeting, which happened at Stormont House amid a dispute between health workers and management over pay and staffing levels which has sparked widespread industrial action, as a "political meeting, not a negotiation".
"I think there will be movement. Obviously we have to wait to hear what the department and the employers... I don't want to pre-empt those negotiations, but I think it was a positive meeting," she said. the health service on their shoulders day and daily."
She said they now "await feedback from the Secretary of State as to those next steps".
She said they now "await feedback from the Secretary of State as to those next steps".
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