Just one bowel nurse in Altnagelvin

ALTNAGELVIN has just one specialist nurse dedicated to treating patients with inflammatory bowel disease, the Health Minister Edwin Poots has revealed.

By The Newsroom

Published 14th Oct 2012, 15:34 BST

Just four hospitals in Northern Ireland have a specialist bowel nurse.

The Health Minister said Altnagelvin, Antrim, Causeway and Royal Victoria each had one specialist nurse at September 2012