40 extra nurses being recruited at Royal Victoria in Belfast
By News Northern Ireland, ,

Forty extra nursing posts are to be appointed following the review of staffing levels at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.

The jobs will be distributed between the accident and emergency (A&E) department which will have fifteen new nurses and the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) which will appoint 25 new nurses.

Health Minister Edwin Poots announced the new posts as he updated the assembly on the progress of a review into A&E care after a major incident declared in January.