health and social care
Health minister needs to see there’s more than one crisis point facing NHS - The Irish News view
Irish News leader on health service woes
Stormont’s health crisis: Pay disputes, strike threats & the urgent need for reform - The Irish News view
The nettle of reform has remained ungrasped for far too long
The bitter truth about how our love of sweets is harming our health - The Irish News view
Sugar has now replaced tobacco as the main driver of ill health in our society
Archbishops: Programme for government fails to recognise voluntary and community sectors as ‘glue of society’
Stormont executive must work for the ‘common good’
Pleas for diazepam before paramilitary-style beatings, shorter life expectancy, intergenerational trauma, medication dependency and an expectation of poor health - GPs share challenges of working in Northern Ireland’s deprived communities - The Irish News view
Health inequalities cast a long and deadly shadow
Midwifery and maternity care services recommendations need urgent delivery - The Irish News view
Report can't be allowed to gather dust, like too many other Stormont reviews
More than 14,000 people to be diagnosed with cancer every year in Northern Ireland by 2040
As part of a series on cancer care for the Irish News, Dr Damien Bennett from the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry spoke of the vital importance of prevention as cancer rates grow.
‘I see tears of pain turn to tears of joy’ - Bra-expert Emma Wilson on giving cancer patients back their confidence
As part of a series of cancer care for the Irish News, bra-fitting coordinator Emma Wilson spoke about the ‘transformative’ power of fashion for women after surgery
Health and social care reforms can’t be dodged any longer - The Irish News view
The careful and structured transformation set out in the Bengoa blueprint has not happened
Bengoa analysis: Health expert renews hope for reform after a generation of promises
The Bengoa report in 2016 was the fourth major health review in Northern Ireland since devolution