Antrim Hospital Reports
23 May 2012
Commenting on the latest reports into the state of affairs at Antrim Hospital, TUV Leader and North antrim MLA Jim Allister said:-
"The Hinds and Rutter reports into Antrim Hospital make sobering reading. Behind all the departmental and Trust spin of 'all is well', these reports expose the blunt reality. The finding of a failure to meet the "fundamental human needs" of patients is a damming indictment of the management of the Northern Trust and the insight into the battered morale of the hard pressed staff adds a further dimension of concern.
"The consequences of closing the Magherafelt and Whiteabbey A & E departments are now producing impossible burdens, which would be compounded if the Poots policy of removing acute services from the Causeway hospital is not reversed. There is no way that all the A & E demands of the huge Northern Trust area can be shoehorned into Antrim. It's time for the DUP Minister to relieve the pressure by conc eding that the Causeway will not be downgraded.
"The Minister also needs to tell us what action he intends on foot of the Hinds and Rutter reports and will this include forced managerial changes in the upper echelons of the Northern Trust."
