Doctors write to health minister over 'deeply damaging' decision on northwest surgical hub

Plans to build surgical hubs nationally were first announced in December 2022, with an 18-month turnaround time predicted. However, so far only one of the six has opened. Picture: PA

A group of 170 doctors in Donegal have written to the health minister, saying not awarding a new surgical hub to the county is “flawed, unjustified, and deeply damaging” for patients.

Plans to build surgical hubs nationally were first announced in December 2022, with an 18-month turnaround time predicted. However, so far only one of the six has opened, with funding allocated for hubs in Cork, Waterford, and Limerick.