Nursing unit future secure

Local councillors are to be told Buncrana Community Nurisng Unit has a future when they meet with senior management from the Health Service Executive. The meeting, to take place in the coming weeks, has been requested by Sinn Fein councillor Mac Lochlainn who has revealed he has received “assurances” from senior HSE management about the future of the unit. At that meeting, the HSE is expected to outline its future plans for the unit and reassure local councillors and the local community of its continuation. Cllr. Mac Lochlainn said he raised the issue with senior HSE management after being contacted by “concerned members of the local community” who feared the united would be closed. He added: “I undertook to raise their concerns with senior HSE management and to make clear the people of Buncrana would fight any possible closure tooth and nail. This is a vital part of our local community for so many families and especially our elderly” Cllr Mac Lochlainn revealed he had received “assurances” from senior HSE management that while there was a review of all community services, the Buncrana facility was “not under threat.” He said he had requested the meeting in the next few weeks to enable the HSE managers to “further assure” all local councillors of their plans for the unit Cllr Mac Lochlainn concluded: “I will be monitoring this issue very closely in the time ahead and I will be asking all in Buncrana and South Inishowen to do the same”