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A new MRI scanner has arrived on the Daisy Hill Hospital site. The temporary scanner is located next to the modular CT on site. It will help to address MRI waiting times and reduce the need to transfer patients to other hospitals for diagnosis. Daisy Hill Hospital offers diagnostic services, 24 hours a day, […]
Sinn Féin councillor Aoife Finnegan has said that rural stroke patients must not be left vulnerable by new stroke treatment proposals as part of plans to stabilise Daisy Hill hospital. Speaking after a special council meeting with the head of the Southern Trust, the Newry City councillor said: “While we welcome the new plan to […]
Sinn Féin MLA Cathy Mason has said the Assembly must be restored now to help cut school costs for families. Speaking after meeting with school principals today with party colleague Danny Baker MLA, Cathy Mason said: “Sinn Féin want to legislate to make school uniforms more affordable and help cut back school costs for families. […]
Sinn Féin Councillor Aidan Mathers has said that the Southern Trust needs to clearly communicate with elected reps, staff and the community as they deliver a stabilisation plan for Daisy Hill. Speaking after a special council meeting with the head of the Southern Trust, the Newry City councillor said: “Tonight we pressed the Southern Trust […]
Newry SDLP Councillor Michael Savage has accused the Southern Health Trust of ‘breath-taking hypocrisy’ by refusing to travel to meet Councillors face-to-face on Monday evening to interrogate the threat to vital health services at Daisy Hill Hospital. Councillor Savage said: “On June 5th Councillors unanimously passed an emergency motion I proposed at the monthly meeting […]
Simon Community, Northern Ireland’s leading homeless charity, is collaborating with Prince William, The Royal Foundation and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive over the next five years as part of a transformational new programme, Homewards, which aims to demonstrate that together, it is possible to end homelessness – making it rare, brief and unrepeated. Northern Ireland […]
A number of local nurses from the Southern Health and Social Care Trust have won awards at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year Awards 2023 held recently in the Culloden Hotel, Holywood. Dawn Ferguson, from Banbridge, Assistant Director in the Southern Trust, won the Brownlee-Silverdale Leadership Award. As a […]
SDLP Stormont leader Matthew O’Toole has hit out at the DUP’s stalling tactics and pathetic game playing as Jeffrey Donaldson again elevated unworkable fantasy proposals from hardline Tory Brexiteers over the interests of ordinary citizens in Northern Ireland. Amid delay and incoherence over plans for a DUP return to Stormont, Jeffrey Donaldson spoke to a […]
Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy has called on the DUP to immediately end its blockade of the Executive and get back to work with other parties to tackle the challenges facing public services. Responding to remarks by Jeffrey Donaldson at the Centre for Brexit Policy today, Conor Murphy said: “Negotiations between the EU and the […]
Speaking after the SOS Daisy Hill Rally attended by thousands of people on Sunday, SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA Justin McNulty said: “Power to the people. Well done to every man, woman and child who today showed up in defiance. There was thunder in the air. People are furious as they are sick of […]
Ulster Unionist Councillor David Taylor has said the proposals presented by the Southern Health & Social Care Trust to stabilise services at Daisy Hill Hospital represent some progress. However, he stated they are only a temporary means of addressing the issues affecting the hospital at present and the Trust and the Department of Health must demonstrate their long […]
Tomorrow’s march and rally should be used to send a clear message to the Southern Trust and to the Department of Health”, Nicola Grant of the Workers Party has said. “It is more important than ever that the pressure is maintained to force the Trust and the Department to come clean on the future of Daisy […]
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