There is a population-based need for expansion of specialist acute services, staff, number of beds, and imaging equipment at Daisy Hill Acute Hospital, Newry city for now and the future.
Newry & Mourne will be the third highest population in NI by 2023.
Newry & Mourne locality has always been the largest of the 5 localities (LGDs) in the Southern Trust and in 2023 will have the 3RD HIGHEST projected population in the whole of Northern Ireland.
Newry & Mourne is entitled to have a functioning ACUTE hospital and a hyper acute stroke unit as in Altnagelvin.
This must be acknowledged by providers in the Planning of new hospitals and provision of existing specialist acute hospital Services as outlined in the Bengoa Report.
Newry & Mourne and South Armagh Citizens, like those elsewhere in Northern Ireland have already pre-paid for acute hospitals and specialist acute hospital services through National Insurance, taxes and rates etc. Every locality (Local Government District) is entitled to value for money, based on population size and need.
NEWRY & MOURNE LOCALITY – LARGEST IN SOUTHERN TRUST
Newry & Mourne locality has always been the largest of the 5 localities (LGDs) in the Southern Trust, as shown below for 2015 and again in the table showing NISRA Population Projections for 2023.
2 Acute hospitals are needed for the population of the Southern Trust
Population statistics Southern Trust 2015 by NISRA, graphic created by Daisy Hill for Life
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Two fully functioning Acute hospitals are needed to serve the population of the Southern Trust. Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry and Craigavon Hospital in Portadown.
NEWRY & MOURNE – HIGHEST NUMBER ON DOCTOR’S REGISTERS
Newry & Mourne locality also has the highest number of resident patients on Doctors’ Registers.
Newry and Mourne has the highest-numbers-of resident patients on-Doctors-registers-of all the 5 localities in-the Southern-Trust area.
CONCLUSION
Newry and Mourne has the highest population, highest number of births and highest number of children and greatest need in the Southern Trust
Facts and figures (official statistics) continue to prove the population-based need for expansion of specialist acute services, staff, number of beds, and imaging equipment at Daisy Hill Acute Hospital, Newry city for now and the future.
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