Health trust says moving the service to Craigavon should proceed after a 12-week public consultation.
Dr Austin added: "Hospitals with lower volumes of emergency general surgery find it difficult to recruit and retain doctors and many are not able to provide the supporting services that modern surgical centres require."A one-site model is much safer, with support from sub-specialist colleagues and intensive care, if needed at Craigavon, to give patients the high-quality care that they deserve.
Emergency general surgery covers unscheduled services such as specialist advice, admission for tests and, for some patients, operations.However, the moved as faced opposition in Newry by people concerned at loss of services. "Centralising everything is not the way to go. Having these huge hospitals is not the way to go," he added.Cathrine Reid, director of surgery and clinical services at the trust, said it acknowledged concerns and "understand that people would value a service closer to home".
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