Health minister Robin Swann has said that his successor will have "much work to do" in transforming the health service in Northern Ireland.
In his final appearance before his scrutiny committee in the current Assembly mandate, Mr Swann repeated his frustrations at Stormont's failure to pass a three-year budget, which would have given a significant funding boost to the health service.
Ministers are unable to sign off on a new budget due to the power-sharing impasse, meaning departments will have to fall back on emergency arrangements to continue funding public services.
