Withdrawing emergency general surgery from the South West Acute Hospital has been deemed an 'appropriate decision'.
The report found the failure to recruit surgeons was "not because of a lack of effort"The withdrawal of emergency general surgery from the South West Acute Hospital has been deemed an "appropriate decision".Surgery wasAs part of the Western Trust's consultation on the proposed changes, the document, seen by BBC News NI, spells out expert clinical assessment.
"It has increasingly been the case that smaller rural hospitals across the board, in the UK and worldwide, have failed to recruit consultant general surgeons," the document said. The document highlighted the centres were predominantly located in urban areas with a large enough catchment area that the population base supports increased specialisation.
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