Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Thrombectomy Service

Debate contribution by Mr Maurice Bradley on 29 June 2026.

MLA: Mr Maurice Bradley
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 29 June 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Causeway Hospital: Thrombectomy Service
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5644908

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Minister, you have partially answered my question, but it was really about the fact that, when services are centralised in the greater Belfast area, services are denied to those elsewhere in the Province. There has been a continued reduction in services across Northern Ireland because of their centralisation in Belfast. I will give you an example. Antrim Area Hospital is 14 miles from the best hospital services in Northern Ireland. The Causeway Hospital is 47 miles from Antrim. It does not make sense to me to reduce the possibilities for treatment by reducing the number of areas in which people can receive that treatment.

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2503/22-27.

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