The minister added that it was not satisfactory that patients had to wait longer than they should for hospital treatment, but said that at no point was safety compromised.
"If safety is compromised, there is no credibility to speak of, " he said.
"So in all of that, let's not have a message going out that patient safety was compromised - it wasn't, " Mr Poots added.
The take-home message is that when financial interests have an effect on the availability of specific medications to treat emergency medical conditions, the public is at risk and our health and safety are compromised.
We take all steps to ensure that safety is not compromised under any circumstances.
Claims by the British Airline Pilots Association that safety is being compromised are, however, fiercely denied.
The RMT said cutting the post of team leader had compromised safety.
His report said road safety had been compromised and both companies "acted in a way that compromised fair competition within the industry".
Chrissie Hall, spokesperson for the Gun Control Network, said public safety was being compromised "by individuals who have shown themselves to be irresponsible".
Unless more are created patient safety could be compromised, it says.
The unions currently believe they can win public support for their action but that may be short lived, particularly if there is any suggestion safety is being compromised.
Wayne Bartlett, the project's regional director, said there were "significant" problems and the service had been been withdrawn in Worcestershire to "ensure patient safety was not compromised".
It emerged Dave had kept all his emails to the bosses at Network Rail warning that staff shortages meant safety was being compromised and that a disaster was just waiting to happen.
Airprox said aircraft safety had been compromised in 26 of the cases and there had been a risk of collision in nine other cases in addition to the three commercial air transport ones.
Southeastern said the changes, already in place at two other stations, were working well and operational safety had not been compromised.
It said safety had not been compromised as the pilot was not alone at the cockpit's flight deck at the time.
"I'm very confident patient safety has not been compromised, " he said.
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The Prison Service said security and safety will not be compromised.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency argued that safety will not be compromised and stressed that grassroots knowledge will remain in the form of rescue teams and other support services.
Safety isn't being compromised: Pilots would still maintain the federally mandated 5-kilometer separation between jets.
"Passenger safety was at no time compromised, and there was no question of collision, but the incident has been reported as a matter of course by NATS to the Civil Aviation Authority for investigation, " he said.
"The boy went through full security screening so the safety of passengers and the aircraft was never compromised, " the airport said in a statement.
The safety of the crowd admitted to the terrace was compromised at every level, the panel found.
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