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Standing Committee C

To examine the health needs of the community in Northern Ireland, with particular reference to health care administration, acute hospital services, community care services and access by the rural community and report to the Forum by 31 December 1996. [Note that the Committee is alleged to meet every Thursday but we do not have records of their meetings. To avoid speculation on meeting dates we have only modelled sessions which we know took place.]

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Session 11704: 1997-02-28 00:00:00

[This meeting may not have been on this date, but the Committee's concerns were raised in the Forum]

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Cardiac Surgery Motion

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The Forum expresses grave concern about the situation where patients in need of cardiac surgery in Northern Ireland are not obtaining it. People have the right to know exactly what is happening, and we demand that the Government carry out an urgent inquiry and make their findings public.

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Cardiac Surgery Motion (introduced on 1997-02-28 00:00:00 - CREATE - e803807) [This document] [view current proposal at this moment]
- None (introduced on 1997-02-28 00:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e803808) [view current proposal at this moment]

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