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Motion on Hospital Services

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This Forum, recognizing the need for more acute hospital beds in the Belfast area, calls on Her Majesty's Government to

1. fill the 280 acute beds in the Belfast City Hospital tower block before spending £65 million on providing 360 acute beds at the Royal site;

2. release £12 million from the £65 million to construct a purpose-built maternity unit at the Royal site, and confirm that there is a need to maintain a second maternity hospital in Belfast, that being the Jubilee at the City site;

3. release £29·3 million from the £65 million to the City Hospital to build the proposed cancer centre and

to provide adequate funds to retain Belvoir Park as a treatment centre.

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Motion on Hospital Services (introduced on 1997-12-04 00:00:00 - CREATE - e836618) [This document] [view current proposal at this moment]
- None (introduced on 1997-12-04 00:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e836619) [view current proposal at this moment]

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