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The SOS Daisy Hill Hospital Committee has launched a 20 point Action Plan at a meeting in Newry last night, to help keep members of the public up to date with action and activities they intended to carry out in the next few months to help prevent the reduction of services at the hospital.
The plan includes a monthly newsletter, setting up a cross border strategy, engage a series of regional ambassadors, public meetings and a potential legal challenge.
The Chairman of the SOS Committee Mr Francis Gallagher welcomed everyone to the meeting and explained that his Committee had worked tirelessly over the past few months to develop an innovative and forward thinking plan to prevent the reduction of medical services at Daisy Hill Hospital.
He concluded by stating “ the people of Newry City, South Down and South Armagh need to consolidate all their efforts to show the Southern Health and Social Services Board that they will not accept a reduction in medical services.”
Eddy Curtis SOS DAISY HILL COMMITTEE member gave a presentation on the proposed 20 point action plan and this was followed by a Question and Answer session where members of the public gave their opinion on the Action Plan.
At the conclusion of the launch Eddy Curtis stated, “ The SOS COMMITTEE have been very successful in holding the Trust to account and with our strong partnership with the Future Ways Group we can ensure the Trust is listening to the local community and taking their opinions into consideration on future proposals”. he concluded by stating, “
“The setting up of an Expert Panel has been an excellent development and ensures that all proposals proposed by the Trust will be scrutinised by this panel to ensure they are beneficial to our hospital”
Check out the SOS Daisy Hill Action Plan
