Dr Tom Black

WE'RE living in an era when the majority of the Budget content has already been leaked before the Chancellor gets anywhere near the despatch box.

THE chairman of the BMA in Northern Ireland has backed junior doctors in England as they being a 72-hour strike action.

The fact that the health service has faced extreme pressures over the festive period will come as no surprise given the grim warnings that were issued beforehand.

THERE were calls last night for more to be done to address the effects of long Covid.

The British Medical Association has backed the move, but urged people to remain cautious.

A LEADING doctor has said health trust bosses must be given the "autonomy" to declare 'critical incidents' in their organisations so as to prioritise patients most in need.

STAFF absences as opposed to Covid hospital admissions are currently placing the biggest strain on the health service, a leading doctor has warned.

WESTERN health trust chiefs have admitted the data they hold on Covid-19 vaccination uptake among staff is "inaccurate" - and that they're unable to access current figures.

HEALTH minister Robin Swann has urged all unvaccinated frontline staff to get jabbed "without delay" - but said he is "would not be comfortable" with patients asking about the Covid vaccine status of those treating them. Mr Swann was reacting to...

CANCER patients and those in intensive care units should be "reassured" that frontline staff are vaccinated against Covid-19, according to the head of a medics' trade union. Dr Tom Black also warned it will be "very difficult" for health trust bosses...