MHK calls for change of Health Minister

Wednesday, 3 July 2013 00:00

Liberal Vannin member Kate Beecroft is calling for a change of minister in the Department of Health.

She claims David Anderson has repeatedly misled the House of Keys in the ongoing Noble’s Hospital dispute.

The minister denied misleading his fellow MHKs regarding the withdrawal of support by 10 signatories to a letter signed by ten consultants at Noble’s.

Mrs Beecroft went over more than two years of Keys transcripts and found a series of quotes from Mr Anderson she feels flag up major discrepancies:

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