Debate contribution: Daisy Hill Hospital: Inpatient Maternity Services
Debate contribution by Mrs Linda Dillon on .
- MLA
- Mrs Linda Dillon
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 21 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Ministerial Statement
- Heading
- Daisy Hill Hospital: Inpatient Maternity Services
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5742431
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Minister, this is my first opportunity to welcome you to your new post. I neglected to do so earlier, so apologies for that. Minister, the Mary Renfrew report was referred to. You said that we need to look at how we resolve the issue and find a solution. The solution is there: the Mary Renfrew report. That is the basis for a new maternity strategy. Working at pace? It has been eight years. The last time that we had a maternity strategy was 2018. If eight years is "at pace", the women and children of the future are in big trouble. I want to know what exactly you will do to ensure that the Mary Renfrew recommendations are implemented and that maternity services at Daisy Hill are secured on the basis of safe and good outcomes for mothers and their children. How will you prioritise women's health? We are still waiting for the women's health action plan that was promised to us at the beginning of this term. I would like to see that coming forward and see women's health prioritised. Maybe then we will be able to get obstetricians.
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