This response while welcoming actually sheds light on the future of Causeway, if the Trust are asking to keep the Causeway hospital within the Northern Trust then who has made the plans or discussed initially to remove it?
"We understand from local discussion that the consultation response sought is whether an option appraisal should be conducted to consider alternative management arrangements. The planned developments at Altnagelvin do not impact on the provision of general hospital services, and are therefore a neutral factor. Our view is that the option appraisal should not therefore proceed"
The full letter form the Northern trust to the Transforming Your Care review team can be found below."