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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
David Young

Ulster Unionist leader calls for ‘meaningful reform’ in health sector

UUP leader Jon Burrows MLA called for reform (Niall Carson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Ulster Unionist leader Jon Burrows has criticised how health service reform is being implemented in Northern Ireland after his own party’s minister for the sector quit amid a row with him.

Health minister Mike Nesbitt resigned on Tuesday after a fallout with Mr Burrows over the proposed withdrawal of emergency general surgery from Causeway Hospital in Coleraine, Co Londonderry.

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