Minister says he will resign if he misled colleagues

The Health Minister says he will step down from his position if it’s found that he misled his political colleagues.

David Anderson told Tynwald this morning that a Standards Committee is now looking into the matter surrounding complaints at Noble’s Hospital.

It’s after hospital clinicians expressed their concerns over patient safety in a letter which was published by South Douglas MHK Kate Beecroft.

Last month Mr Anderson told Tynwald that support for the letter had been withdrawn by a number of staff – something refuted by one of the clinicians, the consultant Dr Divers, who claims the Minister is misleading people.

Mr Anderson says he wants the facts establishing:

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