A leading medic has said someone needs to take charge of Northern Ireland’s health service in the absence of an Executive at Stormont.
Dr Paul Kerr from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine was speaking as Antrim Area Hospital remained under extreme pressure on Monday after being forced to close its doors to new admissions over the weekend because conditions had become unsafe.
A social media post from the hospital said on Sunday the hospital was still under “extreme pressure”. "It's a very small system and we have to try and avoid this situation happening because that is going to put us all at risk of being in the same situation," Dr Kerr added. Last week, the Royal College of Nursing confirmed nursing staff in Northern Ireland will walk out over “pay levels and patient safety concerns”.
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