Restore 24 hr A & E services to the Downe Hospital Downpatrick

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Downe Hospital was a newly built hospital which had a 24 hr emergency department,this was taken away from us and left us with a type 2 emergency unit operating Monday-Friday 8am-8pm

This hospital covers a wide scope of patients from all areas or strangford,kilclief,Downpatrick and Ardglass plus all the other surrounding areas,our nearest hospital is the Ulster hospital in dundonald,this is 28.5 miles away 47 mins by car.If u take Ill after 8pm this is the nearest hospital to get treatment from,this hospital is always under great pressure with numbers coming in to their own emergency department without having to take the extra load from the Downe hospitals area past 8pm

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Health and social care is devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly. You might like to contact your MLA. You can find out more details here:

http://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/mlas/contacts.aspx

Timeline

2 Oct 2019	Petition opened for signatures
8 Oct 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Oct 2019

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