Nicola Grant Workers Party Regional spokesperson commenting on the resignation of the Health Minister said it was time for politicians to listen to patients and service users across Northern Ireland.

Ms Grant said it would seem that the minister has resigned over a dispute with his party leader over the proposed removal of emergency general surgery from the Causeway Hospital . This is only one of the problems that our politicians are so eager to see in the configuration of our rural hospitals. The same battles to save local services are surging in rural areas. Daisy Hill SOS committee are rallying to fight the removal of emergency general surgery and more services for the hospital. The...