Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Emergency General Surgery

Debate contribution by Mr Maurice Bradley on 12 October 2026.

MLA: Mr Maurice Bradley
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 12 October 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Causeway Hospital: Emergency General Surgery
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5786294

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I thank the Minister for his detailed answer. Does he agree that, along with any reconfiguration, there needs to be reform of the five health trusts and a delve down into whether they reflect the wider system pressures and whether their use of funding, strategies and staffing have created the problems that we are now experiencing? There is a correlation between the reduction in the number of hospitals and the increase in waiting lists.

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 4084/22-27.

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