Dr Brian Patterson, British Medical Association’s Northern Ireland GP committee, May 2011, “I worked at the Mater Hospital A&E during the Troubles and nothing I witnessed there is worse than the situation at Antrim Area Hospital.”
Identity hidden due to fear of reprisal form trust, in a board room meeting, GP, Nov 2011 “you could wait that long in Antrim A&E you could pick up a Hospital Acquired Infection”
Dr Josef Kuriacose, GP, Jan 2012 “If you are ill in this area, it's just horrible. If I became ill I'd have to go to Antrim A&E and I don't want to go there."
Dr Sandy Inglis, A&E Consultant, Feb 2012 after working 5 days in Antrim A&E “chaotic” & “the congestion and space limitation make our ED’s (emergency Departments) feel like airport hangers”