Hugh Scullion Workers Party Representative commenting on the Northern Health Trust’s statement that moving services from Causeway Hospital to Antrim Hospital is Safe Sustainable and appropriate said that has always been the rationale used for making cuts

Mr Scullion said the safe sustainable and appropriate arguments is one we have heard over many years and has been used to strip away local services to the detriment of patients and their families. Antrim Hospital cannot possibly cope with the extra patient numbers as they have the same underlying problems as all Northern Ireland hospitals. Bed shortages, staff shortages, blocked beds because of the lack of home care packages and the inability to discharge patients because of previous financial...