Mr Eamonn McGrady, Chairman of the Down Community Health Committee, leading the local health campaign for better services and a 24-hour, consultant-led A&E service at the Downe Hospital, is urging local people to attend the Patient and Client Council public meeting later in October.
The Patient and Client Council, an independent health advisory agency, is running six Roadshows across Northern Ireland to give people the opportunity to talk to a panel of leaders and decision makers about local and regional Health and Social Care services.
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Outside the Downe A&E are Councillors Terry Andrews, Liam Johnston, and Colin McGrath with Down Community Health Committee chairman Eamonn McGrady, second right, at 10pm when it first closed for the weekend back in January 2014.[/caption]
They will be coming to Downpatrick on 22 October and the public meeting will be held in the SERC Sports Hall. Panel members will be from the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Health and Social Care Board, Health and Social Care Trusts and Local Health Commissioning Groups. They will also meet in Banbridge on Wednesday 3 December in The Gallery Room, Old Town Hall, Banbridge.
Registration and refreshments will be from 6.30pm. Events will begin at 7.00pm sharp and end at 8:30pm. Places are limited so RSVP is essential.
Please email pcc.roadshow@hscni.net stating your “NAME” and “ROAD SHOW VENUE” or call Orlagh on 028 90 279367 or Lindsay on 028 90 279355
Registration for attendance at each road show will close at 10.00am on the day prior to each event taking place.
Please inform them if you have any special needs which require our attention e.g. access, hearing or visual aids.
Mr Eamonn McGrady of the Down Community health Committee has urged the people of the local area to attend this meeting because of the threats to health services and reductions in hours at the Downe Hospital A&E. He said: “This is a great opportunity for people of the district to express their thoughts and feelings to the health decision makers. The Down Community health Committee welcomes this event coming to Downpatrick and it is an opportunity for local people to discuss their health care services.
“It is important that people realise that they do have to register fro this event at the number above to ensure their attendance. We hope to see a very large crowd on the evening expressing their concerns about local health service delivery on issues such as the cuts to the Down A@E hours.”
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