Welcome for £25million investment in Ballymena Health Centre

For Immediate Release

North Antrim Sinn Féin MLA Daithí McKay has welcomed the announcement that the Health Minister is to provide approximately £25million to build the new health and care centre on the Braid Valley hospital site in Ballymena.

Mr McKay said

“At a time when there have been a lot of negative decisions regarding the withdrawal of various health provisions in North Antrim it is indeed welcome that the Health Minister has not reneged on the agreement of the previous Minister to build the health and social care centre.

“It is important that this centre is open to the public as soon as possible and although the Minister has announced that work on designing the new facility will begin later this year what people want to see is a completion date for the work and a commitment that there will be no further delays or extensions to this.

“That should not take away from the fact that this announcement will come as a reassurance to those of us who have supported the progressing of this capital project and is testament to the lobbying work that local elected representatives have engaged in over the past few years.”