A future "blueprint" for Daisy Hill hospital is to be tabled in a regional network plan in the autumn according to the Southern Trust chief executive.
A crisis over staffing at the Newry hospital has seen thousands of people recently taking to the city streets in a public protest (June 25) over fears of reduced services.
It is understood that nine consultants have left Daisy Hill within the last year with six of those being within the last three to six months and some services, such as stroke treatment, have been re-directed to Craigavon Area hospital.
