The Mater Hospital in Belfast will be the location for the first of these new centres
A plan to reconfigure how surgeries are carried out in Northern Ireland will deliver safer and more consistent care for patients, the Health Minister has said.
The review published by Mr Swann involves changes to the pattern of services. This will include creating overnight stay centres for elective surgery. These will involve planned procedures for high-volume cases of intermediate complexity where at least one night in hospital is required.Mr Swann said there had been major changes in general surgery over the last 20 years, with surgeons now more specialised and focused on specific areas.
"I very much welcome the development of these standards for emergency and elective general surgery," Mr Swann said. "They will be used to drive decisions on the reshaping of services and will help inform the wider design plan initiative which I recently announced for our hospital network.
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