Debate contribution: Daisy Hill Hospital: Inpatient Maternity Services
Debate contribution by Mrs Diane Dodds on .
- MLA
- Mrs Diane Dodds
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 21 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Ministerial Statement
- Heading
- Daisy Hill Hospital: Inpatient Maternity Services
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5742395
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I thank the Minister. Many of those listening to the statement today, and those who have read the trust's statement earlier, will find that there is not a lot new in it. We have known about the staffing pressures at Daisy Hill for a very long time. Indeed, the document reads like a case for consolidating services in Craigavon, which was backed up by one of the consultants, who said that it was the likely direction of travel. Minister, why have you waited until now to invoke the regional protocols on cooperation across trust boundaries and sharing consultants? Were you told about that during your recent visit to Daisy Hill? What did you promise to do for the people in the area affect, because it also applies to my constituents who live in my part of Upper Bann?
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