Action group to focus on solutions to hospital staff crisis

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The Southern Health and Social Care Trust has said Daisy Hill Hospital's Emergency Department is 'vulnerable'.

By Iveren McCallion

An action group for Daisy Hill's planned a second meeting with the Southern Health and Social Care Trust.

Last week the Trust described the hospital's Emergency Department as 'vulnerable' and hinted at its short-term shutdown.

It's because there aren't enough senior emergency staff there - it's being run by locum doctors.

Spokesperson for Daisy Hill Hospital Action Group, Francis Gallagher, told Q Radio that the first meeting was to thrash out the situation in detail, the second will focus on possible solutions to the staffing crisis.

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